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secern
se·cern S0200200 (sĭ-sûrn′)tr.v. se·cerned, se·cern·ing, se·cerns To discern as separate; discriminate. [Latin sēcernere, to sever : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.] se·cern′ment n.secern (sɪˈsɜːn) vb (tr) 1. (Physiology) (of a gland or follicle) to secrete2. to distinguish or discriminate[C17: from Latin sēcernere to separate, from sē- apart + cernere to distinguish] seˈcernment nse•cern (sɪˈsɜrn) v.t. to discriminate or distinguish in thought. [1620–30; < Latin sēcernere=sē- se- + cernere to sift] se•cern′ment, n. secern Past participle: secerned Gerund: secerning
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I secern | you secern | he/she/it secerns | we secern | you secern | they secern |
Preterite |
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I secerned | you secerned | he/she/it secerned | we secerned | you secerned | they secerned |
Present Continuous |
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I am secerning | you are secerning | he/she/it is secerning | we are secerning | you are secerning | they are secerning |
Present Perfect |
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I have secerned | you have secerned | he/she/it has secerned | we have secerned | you have secerned | they have secerned |
Past Continuous |
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I was secerning | you were secerning | he/she/it was secerning | we were secerning | you were secerning | they were secerning |
Past Perfect |
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I had secerned | you had secerned | he/she/it had secerned | we had secerned | you had secerned | they had secerned |
Future |
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I will secern | you will secern | he/she/it will secern | we will secern | you will secern | they will secern |
Future Perfect |
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I will have secerned | you will have secerned | he/she/it will have secerned | we will have secerned | you will have secerned | they will have secerned |
Future Continuous |
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I will be secerning | you will be secerning | he/she/it will be secerning | we will be secerning | you will be secerning | they will be secerning |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been secerning | you have been secerning | he/she/it has been secerning | we have been secerning | you have been secerning | they have been secerning |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been secerning | you will have been secerning | he/she/it will have been secerning | we will have been secerning | you will have been secerning | they will have been secerning |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been secerning | you had been secerning | he/she/it had been secerning | we had been secerning | you had been secerning | they had been secerning |
Conditional |
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I would secern | you would secern | he/she/it would secern | we would secern | you would secern | they would secern |
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I would have secerned | you would have secerned | he/she/it would have secerned | we would have secerned | you would have secerned | they would have secerned | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | secern - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"differentiate, distinguish, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tellknow - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the differencelabel - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactionslabel - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atomsex - tell the sex (of young chickens)individualise, individualize - make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"severalise, severalize - distinguish or separatecontradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualitiesdecouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"demarcate - separate clearly, as if by boundariesdiscriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or racestratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society" |
secern
secern (sĭ-sûrn′)tr.v. se·cerned, se·cerning, se·cerns To discern as separate; discriminate. se·cern′ment n.secern
Synonyms for secernverb mark as differentSynonyms- differentiate
- distinguish
- secernate
- severalise
- severalize
- tell apart
- separate
- tell
Related Words- know
- identify
- place
- discriminate
- know apart
- label
- sex
- individualise
- individualize
- contrast
- severalise
- severalize
- contradistinguish
- decouple
- dissociate
- demarcate
- single out
- separate
- stratify
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