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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
     1. Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
        Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And finds with keen discriminating sight,
              Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white.
                                                    --Canning.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to
        quality or accuracy; as, a discriminating observer.
  
     Syn: discerning, perspicacious. [PJC]
  
     3. having a refined taste or excellent judgment; as, a
        discriminating taste.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating.]
     To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
     separate from another by discerning differences; to
     distinguish. --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating.]
     To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
     separate from another by discerning differences; to
     distinguish. --Cowper.
  
           To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
     Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
     Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.
  
           And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not
           so black; -- nor white so very white.    --Canning.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  discriminating
       adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
              especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating
              eye of the connoisseur" [ant: undiscriminating]
       2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
          "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: discriminate]
          [ant: indiscriminate]
       3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
          distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
          politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
          reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
          fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
          observations" [syn: acute, incisive, keen, knifelike,
           penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     a.
     1 Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things;
  perceptive
     2 Having a discerning judgment or taste
     vb.
     (present participle of en discriminate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     a.
     1 Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things;
  perceptive
     2 Having a discerning judgment or taste
     vb.
     (present participle of en discriminate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     a.
     1 Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things;
  perceptive
     2 Having a discerning judgment or taste
     vb.
     (present participle of en discriminate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     a.
     1 Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things;
  perceptive
     2 Having a discerning judgment or taste
     vb.
     (present participle of en discriminate nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d iscriminat ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  discriminating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en discriminate ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التمييز

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  diskriminování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  anspruchsvoll, kritisch 
   see: undiscriminating
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  unterscheidend
   see: discriminate, discriminated, discriminates, discriminated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  urteilsfähig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  
  οξυδερκής

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  1. jó ítélôképességû
  2. megkülönböztetô
  3. ismertetô

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  1. skiriantis, mokantis (at)skirti
  2. diskriminuojantis, diskriminacinis

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  discriminating /dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ 
    wnikliwy, przenikliwy

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  discriminating /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/
  1. fark eden, ayıran, tefrikeden
  2. zevk sahibi olan, anlayarak takdir eden, görüş sahibi olan.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪsˈkɹɪməˌneɪtɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "discriminating":
     accurate, adoptive, appointive, appreciative, careful, censorious,
     characteristic, characterizing, choicy, choosing, choosy,
     circumspect, civilized, conscientious, considerate, constituent,
     contrastive, critical, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate,
     diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential,
     differentiative, discerning, discreet, discriminate,
     discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, eclectic, elective,
     electoral, elegant, enlightened, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine,
     fussy, graceful, gracile, gracious, idiosyncratic, individualizing,
     individuating, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, keen, meticulous,
     nice, particular, peculiar, perceptive, perfectionistic,
     personalizing, picky, polished, politic, precise, precisianistic,
     priggish, provident, prudent, prudential, prudish, punctilious,
     puristic, puritanic, refined, reflecting, reflective, scrupulous,
     select, selecting, selective, sensitive, separative, sophisticated,
     strict, subtle, tactful, thoughtful, well-advised, well-judged,
     wise
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 识别的,有识别力的,有差别的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 识别的,有识别力的,有差别的

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