Synonyms for distinct


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-stingkt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɪŋkt

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Définition of distinct

Origin :
  • late 14c., originally past participle of distincten (c.1300) "to distinguish," from Old French distincter, from Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere (see distinguish). Related: Distinctness.
  • adj apparent, obvious
  • adj different; unconnected
Example sentences :
  • She heard him speaking in a voice not louder than a whisper, rapid, distinct.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I hear voices in all directions, and never have they been so distinct as at this moment.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • And this latter recollection seemed as distinct to him as the first had been.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • A distinct picture came to him of his classroom and old Doctor Stokes.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He had such a distinct perception of ruin and death that he shuddered again.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • My father I slightly remember; but of my mother I retain no distinct impressions.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Our very right to exist as a distinct society is questioned.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • In a word, then, every effect is a distinct event from its cause.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • The difficulty arises in a measure from the want of distinct marks of time.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • That they had any distinct notions of a plurality of husbands or wives, I do not believe.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Antonyms for distinct

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