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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
- transitive verb. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
- intransitive verb. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
- intransitive verb. To make cognizance.
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
distinguish, recognise, recognize, spot
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in discern:
Common word forms
discerns, discerned, discerner, discerning, discernable, discernment
Words from these letters
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