Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: distinct
IPA transcription: [dɪst'ɪŋkt]
Pronunciations of distinct
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: distinct, distinguishable
    Meaning: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
  • Synonyms: distinct
    Meaning: easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
  • Synonyms: discrete, distinct
    Meaning: constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
Usage examples
  • No clear or distinct idea of Substance in general.
  • (7) Whether the memory be distinct from the intellect?
  • (10) Whether the intelligence is distinct from the intellect?
  • (8) Whether the reason is a distinct power from the intellect?
  • In my own room I still heard steps, light, slow, but distinct.
  • Only in one or two places were the footprints at all distinct.
  • The girl nodded her face showing distinct annoyance and dislike.
  • (9) Whether the superior and inferior reason are distinct powers?
  • (11) Whether the speculative and practical intellect are distinct powers?
  • Now her flecked sides and black back make a distinct stripe in the water.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Orion (spacecraft), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Transhumanism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Podcast, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic Church, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Evolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Three Laws of Robotics, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Common chiffchaff, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Privy Council of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0