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What (who) is Discern - definition
discern
QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR WRITTEN HEALTH INFORMATION
[d?'s?:n]
¦ verb recognize or find out.
?see or hear with difficulty: she could faintly discern the shape of a skull.
Derivatives
discerner noun
discernible (also discernable) adjective
discernibly adverb
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. discernere, from dis- 'apart' + cernere 'to separate'.
discern
QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR WRITTEN HEALTH INFORMATION
(discerns, discerning, discerned)
1.
If you can discern something, you are aware of it and know what it is. (FORMAL)
You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend...
It was hard to discern why this was happening.
VERB: V n, V wh
2.
If you can discern something, you can just see it, but not clearly. (FORMAL)
Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.
VERB: V n
Discern
QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR WRITTEN HEALTH INFORMATION
·vi To make cognizance.
II. Discern ·vt To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.
III. Discern ·vi To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
IV. Discern ·vt To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to Discriminate; to Distinguish.
Wikipedia
DISCERN
DISCERN is an instrument designed to provide users with a reliable way to measure the quality of written health information. It was originally developed by Deborah Charnock, Sasha Shepperd, Gill Needham, and Robert Gann, who reported on its development and validation in a February 1999 paper.
Examples of use of Discern
1. "It‘s not very easy to discern what‘s actually going on. «
2. His team can discern street lines and building plots.
3. In this and other examples, political observers discern political posturing.
4. What lies underneath the scar tissue is harder to discern.
5. As we‘re fond of pointing out, however, the benefits of 1080p were almost impossible to discern.