distinct
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English distincte, from Old French -, from Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere ("to distinguish"); see distinguish.
Pronunciation- IPA: /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
distinct (comparative distincter, superlative distinctest)
- Capable of being perceived very clearly.
- Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
- Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
- Horses are distinct from zebras.
- Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
- Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.
- Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC ↗:
- The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.
- (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.
- (obsolete) Marked; variegated.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗, stanza 23:
- The which [place] was dight / With divers flowres distinct with rare delight.
- (capable of being perceived very clearly) clear, vivid; see also Thesaurus:distinct
- (different from one another) different, separate, several (obsolete)
- (noticeably different) characteristic, distinctive, prominent
- (separate in place) discrete, individual, noncontinuous, separate
- (distinguished) specified
- (marked) patterned; see also Thesaurus:marked
- (antonym(s) of “capable of being perceived very clearly”): confusing, indistinct; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
- (antonym(s) of “different from one another”): same, indistinguishable
- French: distinct, intelligible
- German: deutlich
- Italian: chiaro
- Portuguese: distinto
- Russian: разбо́рчивый
- Spanish: distinto
- French: reconnaissable
- Portuguese: distinto
- Russian: осо́бый
- Spanish: distinto
distinct (distincts, present participle distincting; simple past and past participle distincted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish; to make a distinction.
- 1788, James McHenry, letter to George Washington, 27 July, in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections 1788–1790, vol. 2, ed. Gordon DenBoer, University of Wisconsin Press, 1984, page 109:
- Here every means is made use of to do away all distincting between federal and antifederal and I suspect with no very friendly design to the federal cause.
- 1788, James McHenry, letter to George Washington, 27 July, in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections 1788–1790, vol. 2, ed. Gordon DenBoer, University of Wisconsin Press, 1984, page 109:
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