"tell apart" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tell apart.ogg Forms: tells apart [present, singular, third-person], telling apart [participle, present], told apart [participle, past], told apart [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tell<,,told> apart}} tell apart (third-person singular simple present tells apart, present participle telling apart, simple past and past participle told apart)
  1. (idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: decern, discern, differentiate, differentialize [rare], discriminate, distinguish, set apart, tell apart [idiomatic] Hypernyms: perceive, recognise Hyponyms: disfavor, favor Related terms: differ Translations (to distinguish): fərqləndirmək (Azerbaijani), ayırmaq (Azerbaijani), ayırd etmək (Azerbaijani), seçmək (Azerbaijani), erottaa (Finnish), distinguer (French), différencier (French), auseinanderhalten (German), unterscheiden (German), megkülönböztet (Hungarian), differenziare (Italian), distinguere (Italian), discriminare (Italian), internoscō (Latin), छुट्ट्याउनु (chuṭṭyāunu) (Nepali), rozróżniać [imperfective] (Polish), rozróżnić [perfective] (Polish), distinguir (Portuguese), различа́ть (različátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), различи́ть (različítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отлича́ть (otličátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отличи́ть (otličítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), skilja (Swedish), розрізня́ти (rozriznjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розрізни́ти (rozriznýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "source": "Thesaurus:tell apart",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:tell apart",
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        "To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate."
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        "(idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate."
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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        {
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "ayırd etmək"
        },
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "erottaa"
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          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "auseinanderhalten"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "differenziare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "distinguere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "discriminare"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "internoscō"
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          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "chuṭṭyāunu",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "छुट्ट्याउनु"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "word": "rozróżniać"
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          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "word": "rozróżnić"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
          "word": "distinguir"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "različátʹ",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "word": "различа́ть"
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          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "sense": "to distinguish",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozriznjáty",
          "sense": "to distinguish",
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    {
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "fərqləndirmək"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "ayırmaq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "seçmək"
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      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "erottaa"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "distinguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "différencier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "auseinanderhalten"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "unterscheiden"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "megkülönböztet"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "differenziare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "distinguere"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "discriminare"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "internoscō"
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "chuṭṭyāunu",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "छुट्ट्याउनु"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
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      "word": "rozróżniać"
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      "sense": "to distinguish",
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      "roman": "različítʹ",
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      "sense": "to distinguish",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
      "word": "skilja"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozriznjáty",
      "sense": "to distinguish",
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      "word": "розрізня́ти"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozriznýty",
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      "word": "розрізни́ти"
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  "word": "tell apart"
}

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