"differentiate" meaning in English

See differentiate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [UK], /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [US], /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-differentiate.ogg [US], en-au-differentiate.ogg [Australia] Forms: differentiates [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin differentiātus, past participle of differentiō, from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|differentiātus}} New Latin differentiātus, {{m|la|differentiō}} differentiō, {{der|en|la|differentia||difference}} Latin differentia (“difference”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} differentiate (plural differentiates)
  1. (geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-noun-RcEGTyWD Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [UK], /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [US], /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-differentiate.ogg [US], en-au-differentiate.ogg [Australia] Forms: differentiates [present, singular, third-person], differentiating [participle, present], differentiated [participle, past], differentiated [past]
Etymology: From New Latin differentiātus, past participle of differentiō, from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|differentiātus}} New Latin differentiātus, {{m|la|differentiō}} differentiō, {{der|en|la|differentia||difference}} Latin differentia (“difference”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} differentiate (third-person singular simple present differentiates, present participle differentiating, simple past and past participle differentiated)
  1. (transitive)
    To make different; to change, modify.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms (to modify): change Translations (to modify, be modified): видоизменям (vidoizmenjam) (Bulgarian), erilaistaa (Finnish), muuttaa (Finnish), erilaistua (Finnish), muuttua (Finnish), różnicować [imperfective] (Polish), zróżnicować [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-8KDT72IG Disambiguation of 'to modify': 75 3 5 4 3 4 7 Disambiguation of 'to modify, be modified': 64 4 5 6 4 7 10
  2. (transitive)
    To recognize a distinction or difference between two things.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to show or be the distinction): فَرَّقَ (farraqa) (Arabic), disheñvelaat (Breton), различавам се (različavam se) (Bulgarian), rozlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), rozlišit [perfective] (Czech), zich onderscheiden (Dutch), diferencigi (Esperanto), erottua (english: show) (Finnish), erota (english: be) (Finnish), distinguer (French), megkülönböztet (Hungarian), różnić się [imperfective] (Polish), diferenciar (Spanish), särskilja (Swedish), skiljs åt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-f33FKwx8 Disambiguation of 'to show or be the distinction': 7 74 1 2 5 6 6
  3. (transitive)
    (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics, Calculus Translations (math: to calculate the derivative): диференцирам (diferenciram) (Bulgarian), derivovat (Czech), afleiden (Dutch), derivoida (Finnish), dériver (French), ableiten (German), whiriwhiri i te pārōnaki (Maori), różniczkować [imperfective] (Polish), derivar (Portuguese), deriva (Romanian), дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), derivera (Swedish), partialderivera (english: calculate a partial derivative) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-qxve1BXW Disambiguation of Calculus: 10 6 3 16 21 2 21 20 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math: to calculate the derivative': 3 2 50 33 1 5 6
  4. (transitive)
    (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics, Calculus Translations (math: to calculate the differential): диференцирам (diferenciram) (Bulgarian), differentiëren (Dutch), differentioida (Finnish), différencier (French), differenzieren (German), diferencialigar (Ido), różniczkować [imperfective] (Polish), diferenciar (Portuguese), diferenția (Romanian), дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), differentiera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-OWr9y5U8 Disambiguation of Calculus: 10 6 3 16 21 2 21 20 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math: to calculate the differential': 8 2 28 44 2 7 9
  5. (intransitive)
    To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
    Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to perceive the difference between things): differentialize Translations (to perceive the difference): فَرَّقَ (farraqa) (Arabic), отличавам се (otličavam se) (Bulgarian), разграничавам се (razgraničavam se) (Bulgarian), rozlišovat (Czech), onderscheiden (Dutch), differentiëren (Dutch), discrimineren (Dutch), erottaa (Finnish), distinguer (French), differenzieren (German), unterscheiden (German), diskriminieren (German), הבדיל (hivdíl) (Hebrew), differenciál (Hungarian), különbséget tesz (Hungarian), odróżniać [imperfective] (Polish), odróżnić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-Ixde1o1Q Disambiguation of 'to perceive the difference between things': 1 14 1 1 80 1 2 Disambiguation of 'to perceive the difference': 3 7 1 3 79 2 4
  6. (intransitive)
    (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Education, Calculus Translations (education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students): differenciál (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-xzogpabg Disambiguation of Calculus: 10 6 3 16 21 2 21 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 3 3 7 17 2 38 19 Topics: education Disambiguation of 'education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students': 7 1 1 4 1 82 5
  7. (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Biology, Calculus Synonyms: specialize Translations (biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions): differentiëren (Dutch), erilaistua (Finnish), diferenciar (Ido), 分化する (bunka suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-i-25dEzg Disambiguation of Calculus: 10 6 3 16 21 2 21 20 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions': 21 8 9 10 4 17 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tell apart, transform, alter, differentiate, differentialize (rare) ?, distinguish, individualize, particularize, severalize Synonyms (to show the distinction between things): differentialize Derived forms: differentiation Related terms: differ, difference, different, differential, tell apart
Disambiguation of 'to show the distinction between things': 3 42 2 2 45 3 5

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1908, Edward Harper Parker, Ancient China Simplified, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., →OCLC, page ix",
          "text": "In the earlier chapters uncouth proper names are reduced to a minimum, but the Index refers by name to specific places and persons only generally mentioned in the earlier pages. For instance, the states of Lu and Chêng on pages 22 and 29 : it is hard enough to differentiate Ts‘i, Tsin, Ts‘in, and Ts‘u at the outstart, without crowding the memory with fresh names until the necessity for it absolutely arises.",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "megkülönböztet"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/En-us-differentiate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-differentiate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-au-differentiate.ogg/En-au-differentiate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-au-differentiate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.