spot#2 (v)
recognize#1 (v)
recognise#1 (v)
distinguish (v)
discern (v)
pick out (v)
make out (v)
tell apart (v)

v02193194

type v
lex_filenum 39
def detect with the senses
examples The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
I can't make out the faces in this photograph
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Entailment perceive, comprehend
Derivationally related form discern → discernible; discern → discernible; discern → discernible; discern → discernment
Hyponym resolve; discriminate
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Derivationally related form discernible → discern; discernible → discern; discernible → discern; discernment → discern
Also see tell → tell apart
Hypernym resolve; discriminate

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