Thesaurus / discern
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synonyms for discern
- anticipate
- ascertain
- detect
- determine
- differentiate
- discriminate
- distinguish
- divine
- figure out
- find out
- foresee
- perceive
- apprehend
- behold
- descry
- discover
- espy
- extricate
- focus
- judge
- know
- note
- notice
- observe
- read
- remark
- rubberneck
- secern
- separate
- severalize
- spot
- view
- difference
- discrepate
- get a load of
- get the picture
- get wise to
- make distinction
- make out
- pick out
- see the light
- see through
- take in
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This son of an artist-painter father and occupational therapist mother initially wanted to be a chef, thanks to his discerning palate.
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HOW ‘FREAKS AND GEEKS’ WENT FROM MISFIT DRAMEDY TO CULT CLASSIC, AS TOLD BY ITS CAST AND CREATORS: ‘PEOPLE JUST LIKE IT SO MUCH THAT IT THRUSTS ITSELF FROM THE GRAVE’SONIA RAOJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDesigned as fun teaching tools, they’re meant to help both budding news consumers and veteran news junkies learn how to discern factually sound, vetted reporting from malicious misinformation.
THE LATEST WEAPON AGAINST FAKE NEWS? VIDEO GAMESCHARU KASTURIJANUARY 27, 2021OZYThis allows them to smell with higher sensitivity, while being able to minutely discern what they’re smelling—blood or Deet.
SCIENTISTS MADE A BIOHYBRID NOSE USING CELLS FROM MOSQUITOESSHELLY FANJANUARY 26, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Swanson and his colleagues were able to discern several structures that were similar to those of present-day assassin bugs.
FEAST YOUR EYES ON THIS 50-MILLION-YEAR-OLD ASSASSIN BUG AND ITS EXQUISITE GENITALIAKATE BAGGALEYJANUARY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWhether passed on from parent to child, master to apprentice, instructor to student, shared knowledge and traditions made it easier to discern beneficial uses of these technologies from ruinous ones.
TECH’S UNDERDEVELOPED MORAL COMPASS IS THREATENING OUR DEMOCRACYMATTHEW HEIMERJANUARY 12, 2021FORTUNEPaul Nathanson, a spokesman for Britax, said that “this test was not conducted by Britax and we are unable to discern from where it originated.”
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION FINDS MANY BOOSTER SEAT MAKERS “ENDANGERED” CHILDREN’S LIVES AFTER REVIEW OF “MEANINGLESS SAFETY TESTING”BY PATRICIA CALLAHANDECEMBER 11, 2020PROPUBLICANeither the Hubble Space Telescope nor the Very Large Telescope in Chile discerned any dust or rocks coming off the asteroid.
DECEMBER’S STUNNING GEMINID METEOR SHOWER IS BORN FROM A HUMBLE ASTEROIDKEN CROSWELLDECEMBER 2, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThey might as well use a Magic 8 ball to discern the mysteries of the 2020 election.
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