distinguishing
US: /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/
UK: /dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
distinguish /dis'tiɳgwiʃ/- ngoại động từ
- phân biệt
- to distinguish one thing from another: phân biệt vật này với vật khác
- nghe ra, nhận ra
- to distinguish someone among the crowd: nhận ra ai giữa đám đông
- (+ into) chia thành, xếp thành (loại...)
- to distinguish men into classes: chia con người ra thành gia cấp
- to distinguish oneself: tự làm nổi bật, làm cho người ta chú ý
- phân biệt
- nội động từ
- (+ between) phân biệt, nhận định sự khác nhau (giữa...)
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 differentiate, discriminate, tell the difference, tell apart, determine, judge, decide, tell who's who or what's what:
He is still unable to distinguish between his own twin daughters.
2 classify, categorize, characterize, individualize, mark, identify, define, designate, denote, indicate, separate, single out, set apart; grade, group:
The male is distinguished by his brighter colouring.
3 sense, make out, perceive, discern, pick out, recognize, identify, detect, notice; see, espy, descry; hear; smell; taste; feel:
I could distinguish two people in the dark.
4 call attention to, identify, mark, set apart, separate, segregate, indicate, particularize:
She distinguished herself by her great beauty and her awful voice.
Concise dictionary
distinguishes|distinguished|distinguishingdɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃverb
+mark as different
+detect with the senses
+be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
+make conspicuous or noteworthy
+identify as in botany or biology, for example
