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Webster 1913 Edition
Discerning
Dis-cern′ing
,Adj.
Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.
Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discerning
DISCERNING
, ppr.1.
Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.2.
a. Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and judging; sharp-sighted; penetrating; acute; as a discerning man or mind.DISCERNING
,Noun.
Definition 2025
discerning
discerning
English
Verb
discerning
- present participle of discern
Adjective
discerning (comparative more discerning, superlative most discerning)
- Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
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Translations
of keen insight
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Noun
discerning (plural discernings)
- discernment
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, I. iv. 224:
- Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, I. iv. 224: