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"sense": "antonym(s) of “that which distinguishes”",
"word": "confusion"
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"word": "contradistinction"
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"word": "error/mistake distinction"
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"word": "T-V distinction"
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"That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination."
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razlika",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "разлика"
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"roman": "razlíčie",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
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"word": "разли́чие"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distinció"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "分別"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnbié",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "分别"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "rozdíl"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "distingo"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "ero"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "distinction"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "différence"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Unterschied"
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"roman": "diákrisi",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "διάκριση"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diorismós",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "διορισμός"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "különbözőség"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "különbség"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "elkülönülés"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "megkülönböztető/egyéni jegy/jelleg/vonás"
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"alt": "くべつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kubetsu",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "区別"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"alt": "ちがい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chigai",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "違い"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distinctiō"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distinksjon"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "różnica"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "distinção"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "distincție"
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"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "deosebire"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
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"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
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"word": "distingere"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razlíčije",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "разли́чие"
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"roman": "otlíčije",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
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"word": "отли́чие"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ráznica",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ра́зница"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viśeṣa",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "eadar-dhealachadh"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distinción"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "distinktion"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "skillnad"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "wakītsñe"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "ayrım"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "fark"
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"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination",
"word": "farklılık"
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"text": "There is a distinction to be made between resting and slacking.",
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"ref": "1921, Bertrand Russell, “Lecture II”, in The Analysis of Mind",
"text": "In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable. To take extreme cases, every animal at birth can take food by instinct, before it has had opportunity to learn; on the other hand, no one can ride a bicycle by instinct, though, after learning, the necessary movements become just as automatic as if they were instinctive.",
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"ref": "1911, “Evidence”, in Encyclopædia Britannica",
"text": "But, for practical purposes, it is possible to draw a distinction between a statement of facts observed and an expression of opinion as to the inference to be drawn from these facts, and the rule telling witnesses to state facts and not express opinions is of great value in keeping their statements out of the region of argument and conjecture.",
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"ref": "2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward",
"text": "This reflects a longtime distinction between \"good Jews\" and \"international Jews,\" drawn in a 1920 article by Winston Churchill, which put in the \"good category\" \"national Jews\" assimilated into British culture and Zionist Jews in Palestine, and into the malevolent one those who fueled \"this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization.\"",
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tamyīz",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "تَمْيِيْز"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razgraničénie",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разграниче́ние"
},
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "distinció"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"word": "ero"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "Distinktion"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"word": "különbségtétel"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"word": "megkülönböztetés"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"word": "distinkció"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
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"word": "forskjell"
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"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
"tags": [
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"word": "distingibilitate"
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"_dis1": "7 91 1",
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"roman": "razgraničénije",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
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"word": "разграниче́ние"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination",
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"text": "She had the distinction of meeting the Queen.",
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"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.",
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"ref": "2013 October 15, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian",
"text": "Leighton Baines, playing with distinction again, sent over a left-wing cross with pace and accuracy. Welbeck, prominently involved all night, could not reach it but Rooney was directly behind him, flashing his header past Szczesny.",
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"word": "отли́чие"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
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"word": "vyznamenání"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "kunnia"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"tags": [
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"word": "Auszeichnung"
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"word": "διάκριση"
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"code": "hu",
"english": "decoration, accolade",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "kitüntetés"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
"code": "hu",
"english": "eminence, excellence",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "kiválóság"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "kitűnőség"
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "odznaczenie"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"word": "wyróżnienie"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
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"word": "distinção"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlíčije",
"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "отли́чие"
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"_dis1": "5 1 94",
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"sense": "specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished",
"tags": [
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"word": "distinción"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "fro",
"3": "distinction"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Old French distinction",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "distinctio",
"4": "distinctiōnem"
},
"expansion": "Latin distinctiōnem",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French distinction (attested from the 12th century), borrowed from Latin distinctiōnem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "distinctions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "distinction f (plural distinctions)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "distinct"
},
{
"word": "distinguer"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French 3-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms inherited from Old French",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:French/ɔ̃"
],
"glosses": [
"distinction (difference, honour)"
],
"links": [
[
"distinction",
"distinction#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dis.tɛ̃k.sjɔ̃/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔ̃"
},
{
"homophone": "distinctions"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-distinction.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Fr-distinction.ogg/Fr-distinction.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Fr-distinction.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"word": "distinction"
}
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