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English verb: discern | |||
| 1. | discern (perception) detect with the senses | ||
| Samples | The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards. I can't make out the faces in this photograph. | ||
| Synonyms | distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | discriminate, resolve | ||
| Entail | comprehend, perceive | ||
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