discern, v.
(discerned, discerning, discerns)
freq. cnt. 7
(discerned, discerning, discerns)
freq. cnt. 7
detect with the senses
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
discern distinguish make out pick out recognise recognize spot tell apart
sample sentences
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards""I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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