"distinguish" meaning in English

See distinguish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-distinguish.ogg [US] Forms: distinguish [canonical], distinguishes [third-person, singular], distinguished [past], distinguished [past, participle], distinguishing [present, participle]
enPR: dĭ-stĭngʹgwĭsh Head templates: {{verb|distinguish|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you distinguish something, you are trying to make it easy to sort the item out.
    Sense id: simple-distinguish-en-verb-ejsxWayO
     
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distinguish",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguishes",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguished",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguishing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "distinguish",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "dis‧tin‧guish",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can't distinguish Jan from Jane because their names are so alike."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "When you distinguish something, you are trying to make it easy to sort the item out."
      ],
      "id": "simple-distinguish-en-verb-ejsxWayO"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "dĭ-stĭngʹgwĭsh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distinguish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "distinguish"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distinguish",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguishes",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguished",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinguishing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "distinguish",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "dis‧tin‧guish",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can't distinguish Jan from Jane because their names are so alike."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "When you distinguish something, you are trying to make it easy to sort the item out."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "dĭ-stĭngʹgwĭsh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distinguish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "distinguish"
}

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