On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Discern. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as recognize or recognise and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Discern in a sentence
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Discern meaning
- To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
Synonyms of Discern
Using Discern
- The main meaning on this page is: To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes. | To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry. | To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
- Useful related words include: recognize, recognise, distinguish, pick out.
- In the example corpus, discern often appears in combinations such as: to discern, discern the, can discern.
Context around Discern
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discern
- In this selection, "discern" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, helps, listen, actually, pertinent, reality and fact stand out and add context to how "discern" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to discern that an and bothered to discern dissect and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discern" sits close to words such as andersen, burroughs and cadillac, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discern
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The arrangement makes it hard to discern SJP’s finances. (10 words)
The implication there was clear for all those who could discern the meaning. (13 words)
The seeds were given by God so that everyone could discern some aspect of his presence and goodness. (18 words)
A sane civilization should be able to discern that an 18-year-old with their identity crises and a 25-year-old with their midlife crises cannot be trusted with an automatic weapon, let alone a civilian with an existential crisis. (41 words)
As you can see below, 's Pepsi commercial "Great Acting or Great Taste?" sees Stiller trying to help audiences see through the illusions of Hollywood, in a discussion of whether or not people can actually discern reality from great acting. (40 words)
As generative AI text and video become more common — and increasingly difficult to discern as the generated content appears more plausible — there’s also a concern that voters will become more skeptical about all content AI generates. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, it is much easier for listeners to discern the pitch of a single note played on a piano than to try to discern the pitch of a crash cymbal that is struck.
Another area that should be prioritized is de-identification, which helps discern pertinent information, while redacting personally identifiable information that could compromise patient privacy.
A sane civilization should be able to discern that an 18-year-old with their identity crises and a 25-year-old with their midlife crises cannot be trusted with an automatic weapon, let alone a civilian with an existential crisis.
As Catholics, we are called more than ever to listen, discern and act with Christian wisdom, integrity and truth.
As generative AI text and video become more common — and increasingly difficult to discern as the generated content appears more plausible — there’s also a concern that voters will become more skeptical about all content AI generates.
As you can see below, 's Pepsi commercial "Great Acting or Great Taste?" sees Stiller trying to help audiences see through the illusions of Hollywood, in a discussion of whether or not people can actually discern reality from great acting.
But if a majority of the court upholds the bureau’s funding because it cannot discern a rule that would be applicable to all future appropriations cases, it would not be surprising, merely disappointing.
By deeply understanding application and network traffic context, we can discern which risks truly matter, drastically reducing the noise and focusing our security efforts on mitigating real and immediate threats.
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa expressed uncertainties about the deadline's interpretation, seeking legal counsel to discern whether a comprehensive plan or immediate execution is required.
If you can’t discern the shrill sound of something telling you doesn’t want nonces to go to prison, do consider booking a hearing test at your very earliest convenience.
In the age of AI and chatGPT, this type of learning is crucial to being able to think and write, solve problems, apply knowledge and discern fact from fiction.
It’s hard to discern how much Selway’s melodic sensibilities come into play in his day job, but gives us a glimpse into Selway’s perspective when he saw himself as an aspiring singer/songwriter.
Not the nod-your-head-and-smile sort of listening that typically characterize interactions at events such as this, but a genuine, heartfelt effort to discern what a person truly wants to convey.
Of course, just as we get the hang of this, it’s likely that the AI generators will get better and the work they produce will become harder to discern from human-generated work.
On some of Buhari’s interventions, Adesina wrote, “These welfarist interventions give a window into the kind soul of the President, a man some people have not bothered to discern, dissect and decipher.
The arrangement makes it hard to discern SJP’s finances.
The implication there was clear for all those who could discern the meaning.
The key is to discern when and how to exercise this autonomy, and to do so in such a way that you have not severed ties with the prevailing structure.
The seeds were given by God so that everyone could discern some aspect of his presence and goodness.
This absence of a structured format makes LLMs inherently susceptible to injection, as they cannot easily discern between legitimate prompts and malicious inputs.
Common combinations with discern
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: