See distinguish on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1922, De Lacy O'Leary, Arabic Thought and Its Place in History:",
"text": "It had begun to take a leading place even in the days of the Ptolemies, and in scientific, as distinguished from purely literary work, it had assumed a position of primary importance early in the Christian era.",
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"ref": "2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:",
"text": "The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.",
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"To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics."
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"word": "discriminate"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zanazanel",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "զանազանել"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguir"
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"roman": "različávam",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "различа́вам"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distingir"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "區別"
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"roman": "qūbié",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "区别"
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"word": "辨別"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "rozlišit"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "rozeznat"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distenguar"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "onderscheiden"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distingi"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "erottaa"
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"word": "distinguer"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguir"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gansxvaveba",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "განსხვავება"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "unterscheiden"
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"roman": "xechorízo",
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"word": "ξεχωρίζω"
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"roman": "diakríno",
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"word": "διακρίνω"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "הבחין"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "megkülönböztet"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "greina"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguere"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "discernere"
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"alt": "くべつする",
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"roman": "kubetsu-suru",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "区別する"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "gubyeolhada",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "구별하다"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "internoscō"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguō"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "dignoscō"
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"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "dice"
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "chuṭṭyāunu",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "छुट्ट्याउनु"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distîndgi"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguir"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "diferenciar"
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"code": "non",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "greina"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamāyoz dāštan",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "تمایز داشتن"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"word": "rozróżniać"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguir"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinge"
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"roman": "različátʹ",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"word": "различа́ть"
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"word": "различи́ть"
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"code": "sa",
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"roman": "vevekti",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "वेवेक्ति"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "distinguir"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "urskilja"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "ayırt etmek"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "ayırmak"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "seçmek"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "temyiz etmek"
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"roman": "rozriznjáty",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"tags": [
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"word": "розрізня́ти"
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"roman": "rozriznýty",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"roman": "vidriznjáty",
"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"word": "відрізня́ти"
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
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"word": "відрізни́ти"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to see someone or something as different from others",
"word": "phân biệt"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspoznavátʹ",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "распознава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspoznátʹ",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "распозна́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"word": "eadar-dhealaich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "разазнати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "razaznati"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidriznjáty",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відрізня́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidriznýty",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відрізни́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpiznaváty",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розпізнава́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpiznáty",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розпізна́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out",
"word": "nhận ra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "erottua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "erottua joukosta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "se",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "distinguer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "sich auszeichnen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diakrínomai",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "διακρίνομαι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "distinguersi"
},
{
"alt": "めだつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "medatsu",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "目立つ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "s'distîndgi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otličátʹsja",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отлича́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otličítʹsja",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отличи́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "comharraich"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"word": "utmärka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidznačátysja",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відзнача́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidznáčýtysja",
"sense": "to make oneself noticeably different",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відзна́чи́тися"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give an honor",
"word": "utmärka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidznačáty",
"sense": "to give an honor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відзнача́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidznáčýty",
"sense": "to give an honor",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відзна́чи́ти"
}
],
"word": "distinguish"
}
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