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UK
/dɪstˈɪŋkt/
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[ US /dɪˈstɪŋkt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈstɪŋkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
gold is distinct from iron
plants of several distinct types
the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech -
constituting a separate entity or part
on two distinct occasions
a government with three discrete divisions -
recognizable; marked
noticed a distinct improvement
at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage -
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
trenchant distinctions between right and wrong
clear-cut evidence of tampering -
easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
a distinct outline
distinct fingerprints
a distinct odor of turpentine
the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette
a distinct flavor
How To Use distinct In A Sentence
- If head-to-toe leopard seems a bit too Big Cat Diary to appeal, then a waterproof rucksack or bumbag in the same print are an easy way to add a distinctive touch to a more classic outfit. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck
- This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
- It was a simple rectangle of crudely mounded basalt rocks, a distinctive arrangement reminiscent of the way Samoans and other Polynesians marked their dead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Though her color palette has brightened over the years and animal heads have shrunk a bit from cartoonish proportions of earlier years, her distinctive style soft paintings she calls "cutes" and her choice of subject NYT > Home Page
- The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.
- Her majesty awarded a distinction upon 〔 to 〕 the retiring Prime Minister.
- The burden of his espionage responsibilities gives him a distinct air of desperation.
- The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
- The Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.