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English verb: secern

1. secern (cognition) mark as different


SamplesWe distinguish several kinds of maple.


Synonymsdifferentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s something from somebody


Broader (hypernym)identify, place


Narrower (hyponym)contradistinguish, contrast, decouple, demarcate, discriminate, discriminate, dissociate, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, label, separate, severalise, severalize, sex, single out, stratify


Entailcompare









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