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Dictionary: dis·cern·ing   (dĭ-sûr'nĭng, -zûr'-) pronunciation
adj.
Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.

discerningly dis·cern'ing·ly adv.

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adjective

    Characterized by careful and exact evaluation: critical, discriminating. See careful/careless, value/worthlessness/evaluation.

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adj

Definition: discriminating
Antonyms: disregardful, neglectful, negligent, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating


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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  Antonym: undiscerning (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
  Synonym: discreet

Meaning #3: quick to understand
  Synonym: apprehensive

Meaning #4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive


Translations: Discerning
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kræsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpzinnig, opmerkzaam

Français (French)
adj. - perspicace, sagace, clairvoyant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - scharfsichtig, fein, urteilsfähig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διορατικός, διεισδυτικός, εκλεκτικός, που επιλέγει σωστά

Italiano (Italian)
perspicace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - observador, perspicaz

Русский (Russian)
толковый, проницательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perspicaz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skarpsynt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有识别力的, 眼光敏锐的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有識別力的, 眼光敏銳的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 영특한, 식견이 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 識別力のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بصير, فطن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבין, מבחין‬


 
 
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