Dictionary Entry
discern
discern is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
- 2transitive verb
To See by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
- 3intransitive verb
To See or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
- 4intransitive verb
To make cognizance.
- 5verb
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"
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