Past tense of discern

Forms of discern

Discerned in a sentence

• The least count of a voltmeter is the minimum change that can be discerned.From the entry least count
• Music lovers have long discerned a splendid aural feast in the sounds of the gamelan.1998, Michael Tenzer, chapter 1, in Balinese Music, Berkeley: Periplus Editions, page 11. From the entry clangorous
• He had discerned that I was with child.2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company, →ISBN. From the entry nascence
• Among the containers and utensils of the household, too, a variety of developments can be discerned from the vocabulary record.1998, Christopher Ehret, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400, Charlottesville…. From the entry utensilry
• Perhaps a more significant change can be discerned in the financing of temples and such activities as celebratory games.1982, Alan Wardman, chapter 4, in Religion and Statecraft among the Romans, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 100. From the entry manubial

Meaning of discern

1. verb To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
2. verb To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
3. verb To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.

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• Discern in Hindi
• Discern in Tamil
• Discern in Marathi
• Discern in Urdu

Questions about the past tense of discern

What is the past tense of discern?

The past tense of discern is discerned.

What is the past participle of discern?

The past participle of discern is discerned.

Is discern a regular or irregular verb?

Discern is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.