discernible

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsɝnɪbl̩/
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/dɪˈsɝnɪbl̩/ · /dɪˈsɜːnɪbl̩/

Definition of discernible

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
    “To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.”
    “So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.”
    “In 1995, the IPCC declared that the human impact on climate was now “discernible.””
    “This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.”

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Etymology

From Middle French discernable; spelling changed from -a- to -i- in the 17th century to conform to Latin discernibilis. By surface analysis, discern + -ible.

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