Meaning of DISTINCT
| Pronunciation: | | di'stingkt
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- [adj] clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
- [adj] recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
- [adj] easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
- [adj] (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
- [adj] constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
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| | Synonyms: | | chiseled, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, crisp, crystalline, decided, defined, definite, different, discrete, distinguishable, knifelike, outlined, razor-sharp, separate, sharp, trenchant, well-defined |
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| | See Also: | | precise | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*tinct"\, a. [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere:
cf. F. distinct. See {Distinguish}.]
1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by
a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.]
Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet
distinct by name. --Milton.
2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.]
The which [place] was dight With divers flowers
distinct with rare delight. --Spenser.
3. Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or
otherwise; -- with from.
The intention was that the two armies which marched
out together should afterward be distinct.
--Clarendon.
4. Not identical; different; individual.
To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. --Shak.
5. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing;
not liable to be misunderstood; not confused;
well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct
view of a prospect.
Relation more particular and distinct. --Milton.
Syn: Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear;
plain; conspicuous; obvious.
\Dis*tinct"\, v. t.
To distinguish. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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