Discerned

verb

/dɪˈsɜːnd/

Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.verbTo detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

2.verbTo perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.

3.verbTo distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.

"He was too young to discern right from wrong."

4.verbTo perceive differences.

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