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English
Pronunciation
Verb
discerning
- present participle and gerund of discern
Adjective
discerning (comparative more discerning, superlative most discerning)
- Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing.
1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. , 2nd edition, London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 5:Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
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Translations
of keen insight
- Bulgarian: прозорлив (bg) (prozorliv), проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen)
- Finnish: arvostelukykyinen
- German: aufgeweckt (de), scharfsichtig, wahrnehmend (de), erkennend (de), unterscheidend (de), urteilsfähig, anspruchsvoll (de), kennerhaft
- Hungarian: igényes (hu)
- Latin: sapiens
- Macedonian: про́никлив (prónikliv)
- Portuguese: sagaz (pt), perspicaz (pt), astuto (pt)
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Noun
discerning (plural discernings)
- discernment
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 224:Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied
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