If you can make out, pick out, or distinguish something, you can discern it. This is a word for recognizing and perceiving things.

Pronunciation: / dɪ'sɝn/
English description: detect with the senses
Synonyms: distinguish
Chinese Translation: 识别(shi2 bie2)
Spanish Translation: discernir
ORIGIN: Discerning has to do with being able to see or hear something. In a loud room, it can be hard to discern one person's voice. If there's not much light, you'll have trouble discerning the words on a page well enough to read. If you have sloppy handwriting, then it's hard to discern what you wrote. When you can discern something, you can tell what it is; you can identify it.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

However, as deals became more complex in the second half of the year, investors became more discerning.
TIt is difficult to discern which incidents merit action.

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