Discernible Definition

dĭ-sûrnə-bəl
adjective
Perceptible, as by vision or the intellect.
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Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

There is a discernible performance difference between a Porsche and a Civic.
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Origin of Discernible

  • From Middle French discernable; spelling changed from -a- to -i- in the 17th century to conform to Latin discernibilis. Synchronically analyzable as discern +"Ž -ible.

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Discernible Sentence Examples

  • Applications have been created so that core purposes are easily discernible and their function obvious.

  • There is discernible in his essays no attempt to map out a complete plan, and then to fill up its outlines.

  • We have a vision of intrigues, mysterious conferences, threats and bribery, dimly discernible through a shifting mirage of tradition.

  • Pierre also looked at them, trying to guess which of the scarcely discernible figures was Napoleon.

  • Though the differences were often quite subtle, they were still discernible enough by tribesmen.

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DDIDIS

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ELEBLE

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