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US
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbəɫ/
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[ UK /dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃəbəl/ ]
[ UK /dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of being perceived as different or distinct
a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
distinguishable differences between the twins
only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom -
(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
How To Use distinguishable In A Sentence
- Both cultivars were clearly distinguishable on the dendrogram.
- As he wheeled once more she caught a glimpse of his face, almost indistinguishable beneath the mask of dirt and blood.
- He paints a hellish picture in which sea and sky become indistinguishable and the men battle for survival.
- In practice, the two approaches are often indistinguishable. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
- Rhetoric aside, his policies were hardly distinguishable from those of his predecessors.
- Pancreatic disease is mainly distinguishable at palpation as tenderness.
- The city of Palermo was also distinguishable; and Julia, as she gazed on its glittering spires; would endeavour in imagination to depicture its beauties, while she secretly sighed for a view of that world, from which she had hitherto been secluded by the mean jealousy of the marchioness, upon whose mind the dread of rival beauty operated strongly to the prejudice of Emilia and Julia. A Sicilian Romance
- And the key to its success is that Trilling takes what Aristotle called dianoia “thought,” which he defined as a lesser element of tragedy, and makes it indistinguishable from ethos, character. Archive 2009-07-01
- The characters themselves are little more than superficial sketches that become increasingly indistinguishable as the movie proceeds.
- Note 9: Derepression carries its own specialized meanings in Jungian psychology and genetics, but my usage will be readily distinguishable from that employed by those other specialties. Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583
