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Main Entry:	discern
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch sight of; recognize and understand
Synonyms:	anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize
Antonyms:	disregard, neglect, overlook

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Main Entry:	behold
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	regard; look at
Synonyms:	catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness

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Main Entry:	discover
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	find, uncover
Synonyms:	ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out, pick up on, smoke out, think of
Notes:	The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before.
Antonyms:	lose, miss, pass by

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Main Entry:	divine
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prophesy
Synonyms:	anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, foresee, foretell, guess, infer, perceive, predict, prognosticate, see, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, visualize, forefeel, foreknow, go out on a limb, intuit, previse, see in the cards, take a shot, take a stab

Main Entry:	foresee
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	anticipate, predict
Synonyms:	apprehend, discern, divine, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, foretell, perceive, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, see, understand, visualize, call the turn, crystal ball it, dope out*, forefeel, foreknow, have a hunch, preknow, previse, prevision, psych out, see it coming

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Main Entry:	generalize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a sweeping assumption, statement
Synonyms:	conclude, derive, discern, discover, establish, induce, observe, philosophize, postulate, speculate, theorize, vapor, be metaphysical, hypothesize, stay in the clouds
Antonyms:	except, specifize

Main Entry:	judge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make decision from evidence; deduce
Synonyms:	act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up

Main Entry:	note
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	observe, perceive
Synonyms:	catch, clock, denote, descry, designate, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, document, enter, heed, indicate, mark, mention, notice, put down, record, register, remark, see, spot, take in*, transcribe, view, write, get a load of, get an eyeful, jot down, pick up on, set down, write down
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect

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Main Entry:	notice
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	observe, perceive
Synonyms:	acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig, discern, distinguish, espy, heed, make out, mark, mind, note, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in, flash on, get a load of, look at, pick up on
Antonyms:	ignore, miss, neglect, overlook

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Main Entry:	scent
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	detect, smell
Synonyms:	discern, nose, recognize, sense, sniff, be on the track of, be on the trail of, get wind of, nose out*

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Main Entry:	sense
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	become aware of
Synonyms:	anticipate, appreciate, apprehend, believe, catch, consider, credit, deem, dig, discern, divine, feel, grasp, hold, know, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, realize, savvy, suspect, take in, think, understand, apperceive, be with it, catch on, catch the drift, feel in bones, feel in gut, get the drift, get the idea, get the impression, get the picture, get vibes, have a feeling, have a hunch
Antonyms:	overlook, be numb, be unaware

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Main Entry:	sight
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	see
Synonyms:	behold, discern, distinguish, make out*, observe, perceive, spot, view, witness, eyeball
Antonyms:	be blind

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Main Entry:	comprehend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	understand
Synonyms:	appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get, grasp, have, know, make out, perceive, read, savvy, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha
Antonyms:	misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand

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Main Entry:	differentiate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a distinction
Synonyms:	antithesize, characterize, comprehend, contrast, demarcate, discern, discrepate, discriminate, extricate, individualize, individuate, know, know what's what, mark, mark off, redline, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, split hairs*, tell apart, understand
Antonyms:	associate, confuse, connect, group, link, mix up

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Main Entry:	find
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch sight of, lay hands on
Synonyms:	bring to light, bump into, collar, come across, come up with, come upon, corral, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, identify, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, sight, spot, strike, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, lay fingers on, light upon, run across, run into, scare up, smoke out, stumble upon, track down, trip on
Antonyms:	fail, lose, miss, pass by

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Main Entry:	know
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	understand information
Synonyms:	appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, grasp, have, ken, learn, notice, perceive, prize, realize, recognize, see, undergo, apperceive, be acquainted, be cognizant, be conversant in, be informed, be learned, be master of, be read, be schooled, be versed, cognize, feel certain, get the idea, have down pat, have information, have knowledge of, keep up on, on top of
Antonyms:	misinterpret, misunderstand

Main Entry:	make out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	see, recognize
Synonyms:	detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, notice, observe, perceive, remark
Antonyms:	fail

Main Entry:	observe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	see, notice
Synonyms:	beam, behold, catch, contemplate, detect, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, eagle-eye, espy, examine, eyeball, flash, get a load of, get an eyeful of, inspect, keep one's eye on, lamp, look at, make out, mark, mind, monitor, note, pay attention to, perceive, pick up on, read, recognize, regard, scrutinize, spot, spy, study, survey, take in, view, watch, witness
Antonyms:	ignore, miss, overlook

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Main Entry:	perceive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	notice, see
Synonyms:	apprehend, behold, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, divine, espy, feel, grasp, identify, look, make out, mark, mind, note, observe, realize, recognize, regard, remark, seize, sense, spot, spy, take, apperceive, be aware of
Antonyms:	miss, neglect, overlook

Main Entry:	realize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	appreciate, become aware of
Synonyms:	apprehend, be cognizant of, become conscious of, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, discern, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, get, get it, get the idea, get the picture, get through one's head, grasp, image, imagine, know, pick up, recognize, see daylight, take in*, think, understand, vision, visualize
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect