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Antonyms for discerned
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-surn, -zurn |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrn |
Definition of discerned
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis). Related: Discerned; discerning.
- verb catch sight of; recognize and understand
- Amid the din and dust little but destruction can be discerned.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- And in the low bushes could be discerned the lurking, furtive, shadowy jackals.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- I do not exaggerate when I say that from end to end could not be discerned a single weed.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- There, in the faint, red light, Taffy discerned a great cave.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- Bill Bryant now discerned the hazy outline of a moving figure.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But presently I discerned a woman's figure standing by the window.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Then, on the cliff, she had discerned a likeness of line, a definite similarity of features.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Had she been a typical English girl he might have discerned something of the truth of her.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- But no one imagines that any seed of immortality is to be discerned in our mortal frames.
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- In the dusk its colour was almost all that could be discerned of it.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for discerned
- anticipate
- apprehend
- ascertain
- behold
- descry
- detect
- determine
- difference
- differentiate
- discover
- discrepate
- discriminate
- distinguish
- divine
- espy
- extricate
- figure out
- find out
- focus
- foresee
- get a load of
- get the picture
- get wise to
- judge
- know
- make distinction
- make out
- note
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- pick out
- read
- remark
- rubberneck
- secern
- see the light
- see through
- separate
- severalize
- spot
- take in
- view
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