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discerning definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb discern 1 sense of discern Sense 1 recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart => resolve => discriminate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb discern 1 sense of discern Sense 1 recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart => resolve => discriminate Entailment of verb discern 1 sense of discern Sense 1 recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart => perceive, comprehend Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb discern 1 sense of discern Sense 1 recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart Familiarity of verb discern discern used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb discern Sense 1 recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart -------------- Overview of verb discern The verb discern has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (7) recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart -- (detect with the senses "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph") Overview of adj discerning The adj discerning has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) discerning -- (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader") 2. discerning, discreet -- (unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence") 3. apprehensive, discerning -- (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) 4. discerning -- (able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color") Antonyms of adj discerning 4 senses of discerning Sense 1 discerning (vs. undiscerning) undiscerning (vs. discerning) => obtuse, purblind => uncomprehending Sense 2 discerning, discreet INDIRECT (VIA tactful) -> tactless, untactful Sense 3 apprehensive, discerning INDIRECT (VIA perceptive) -> unperceptive, unperceiving Sense 4 discerning INDIRECT (VIA discriminating) -> undiscriminating, indiscriminating Similarity of adj discerning 4 senses of discerning Sense 1 discerning (vs. undiscerning) => clear, percipient => clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious => prescient Also See-> critical#3; discriminating#1 Sense 2 discerning, discreet => tactful (vs. tactless) Sense 3 apprehensive, discerning => perceptive (vs. unperceptive) Sense 4 discerning => discriminating (vs. undiscriminating) Attributes of adj discerning Familiarity of adj discerning discerning used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj discerning discerning undiscerning Overview of verb discern The verb discern has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (7) recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out make out tell apart -- (detect with the senses "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph") Overview of adj discerning The adj discerning has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) discerning -- (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader") 2. discerning, discreet -- (unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence") 3. apprehensive, discerning -- (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) 4. discerning -- (able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color")
discerning definition
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