Meaning of "discriminate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISCRIMINATE

From Latin discrīmināre to divide, from discrīmen a separation, from discernere to discern.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISCRIMINATE

discriminate  [dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCRIMINATE

Discriminate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb discriminate in English.

WHAT DOES DISCRIMINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Discrimination

Discrimination is action that denies social participation or human rights to categories of people based on prejudice. This includes treatment of an individual or group based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or social category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated". It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decision making. Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices, and laws exist in many countries and institutions in every part of the world, even in ones where discrimination is generally looked down upon. In some places, controversial attempts such as quotas or affirmative action have been used to benefit those believed to be current or past victims of discrimination—but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves.

Definition of discriminate in the English dictionary

The first definition of discriminate in the dictionary is to single out a particular person, group, etc, for special favour or, esp, disfavour, often because of a characteristic such as race, colour, sex, intelligence, etc. Other definition of discriminate is when intr, foll by between or among to recognize or understand the difference ; distinguish. Discriminate is also to constitute or mark a difference.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCRIMINATE

PRESENT

Present

I discriminate

you discriminate

he/she/it discriminates

we discriminate

you discriminate

they discriminate

Present continuous

I am discriminating

you are discriminating

he/she/it is discriminating

we are discriminating

you are discriminating

they are discriminating

Present perfect

I have discriminated

you have discriminated

he/she/it has discriminated

we have discriminated

you have discriminated

they have discriminated

Present perfect continuous

I have been discriminating

you have been discriminating

he/she/it has been discriminating

we have been discriminating

you have been discriminating

they have been discriminating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I discriminated

you discriminated

he/she/it discriminated

we discriminated

you discriminated

they discriminated

Past continuous

I was discriminating

you were discriminating

he/she/it was discriminating

we were discriminating

you were discriminating

they were discriminating

Past perfect

I had discriminated

you had discriminated

he/she/it had discriminated

we had discriminated

you had discriminated

they had discriminated

Past perfect continuous

I had been discriminating

you had been discriminating

he/she/it had been discriminating

we had been discriminating

you had been discriminating

they had been discriminating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will discriminate

you will discriminate

he/she/it will discriminate

we will discriminate

you will discriminate

they will discriminate

Future continuous

I will be discriminating

you will be discriminating

he/she/it will be discriminating

we will be discriminating

you will be discriminating

they will be discriminating

Future perfect

I will have discriminated

you will have discriminated

he/she/it will have discriminated

we will have discriminated

you will have discriminated

they will have discriminated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been discriminating

you will have been discriminating

he/she/it will have been discriminating

we will have been discriminating

you will have been discriminating

they will have been discriminating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would discriminate

you would discriminate

he/she/it would discriminate

we would discriminate

you would discriminate

they would discriminate

Conditional continuous

I would be discriminating

you would be discriminating

he/she/it would be discriminating

we would be discriminating

you would be discriminating

they would be discriminating

Conditional perfect

I would have discriminate

you would have discriminate

he/she/it would have discriminate

we would have discriminate

you would have discriminate

they would have discriminate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been discriminating

you would have been discriminating

he/she/it would have been discriminating

we would have been discriminating

you would have been discriminating

they would have been discriminating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you discriminate
we let´s discriminate
you discriminate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to discriminate

Past participle

discriminated

Present Participle

discriminating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISCRIMINATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «discriminate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of discriminate

assess · differentiate · discern · distinguish · evaluate · separate

TRANSLATION OF DISCRIMINATE

Find out the translation of discriminate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of discriminate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «discriminate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 区分
• Translator English - Spanish: distinguir
• English: discriminate
• Translator English - Hindi: भेदभाव
• Translator English - Arabic: تميز
• Translator English - Russian: дискриминации
• Translator English - Portuguese: discernir
• Translator English - Bengali: ভেদ করা
• Translator English - French: distinguer
• Translator English - Malay: Diskriminasi
• Translator English - German: unterscheiden
• Translator English - Japanese: 区別する
• Translator English - Korean: 식별하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Diskriminasi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phân biệt đối xử
• Translator English - Tamil: வேற்றுமையை
• Translator English - Marathi: भेदभाव करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: fark gözetmek
• Translator English - Italian: distinguere
• Translator English - Polish: dyskryminować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дискримінації
• Translator English - Romanian: discriminare
• Translator English - Greek: διακρίσεις
• Translator English - Afrikaans: diskrimineer
• Translator English - Swedish: diskriminera
• Translator English - Norwegian: diskriminere

10 QUOTES WITH «DISCRIMINATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word discriminate.

1

Birch Bayh

It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex.

2

Matt Cartwright

East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados; and western states commonly face damaging droughts. Extreme weather does not discriminate by American geography.

3

Teju Cole

Where land mines are indiscriminate, cheap, and brutal, drones are discriminate, expensive, and brutal. And yet they are insufficiently discriminate: the assassination of the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in Pakistan in 2009 succeeded only on the seventeenth attempt.

4

Lea DeLaria

I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world!

5

Alan Dershowitz

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

6

Umberto Eco

The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything - reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate?

7

Scott Fujita

For some of my friends who raise personal objections to marriage equality, they still recognize the importance of being accepting. And many of them also recognize that regardless of what they choose to believe or practice at home or at their church, that doesn't give them the right to discriminate.

8

Ellen Goodman

When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to school - but I started at 'Newsweek' magazine in 1963, which was before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So it was actually legal to discriminate against women, and 'Newsweek' did.

9

Ryan Gosling

I try not to discriminate against genres.

10

Shenae Grimes

For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCRIMINATE»

Discover the use of discriminate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discriminate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Does feminism discriminate against men?

The only book of its kind, this volume offers a sharp, lively, and provocative debate on the impact of feminism on men.

Warren Farrell, James P. Sterba, 2008

A Right to Discriminate?: How the Case of Boy Scouts of ...

The book demonstrates that the right to discriminate has a long and unpleasant history.

Andrew Koppelman, Tobias Barrington Wolff, 2009

Discriminate Or Diversify

Diversity and Inclusion, done right:• Increases employee engagement and retention,• Encourages creativity,• Inspires and drives innovation from everyone in your organization,• Enhances productivity and• Builds ...

Enrique Ruiz, 2009

Da Game Don't Discriminate

Drugs, Money that's what the world thrives off of.

Easter Jones, 2011

Does EU Merger Control Discriminate Against Small Market ...

Although the question posed by the title of this book has generated considerable debate, the essential issue remains open and largely blurred.

Mika Oinonen, 2010

Why Do Parents Discriminate Against Their Daughters?

In an exploration of household gender bias in India, this dissertation uses a two-period model of intra-household resource allocation with uncertainty to address two questions: If parents love their children, then why do they discriminate ...

Sanjukta Chaudhuri, 2008

Can Prosopagnosics Discriminate Similar, Non-face Objects?

Casner (2006) tested the ability of a prosopagnosic, LB, to discriminate objects that would require the use of the coordinate relations recognition system posited by Cooper and Wojan.

Jonathan Taylor Kahl, 2008

Freeconomics: Do consumers tend to discriminate pay-models ...

The paper describes major aspects of the “New Economy” to understand the situation in this global and interlinked sector, which favors intangible things.

Felix Baumann, 2013

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on ...

Because of this evolution, it is no longer as necessary as it once was to sell the fundamental objectives of what we term here the discriminate use of force (DUF). 1 The notion of using military force in discriminate fashion goes back at least to ...

The Beta-tubulin Gene as a Means to Discriminate Species and ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associating with 80% of vascular plant families increase uptake of nutrients and water in plants, help to stabilize soil aggregates and improve soil aeration, water percolation and carbon storage.

Zola Msiska, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCRIMINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discriminate is used in the context of the following news items.

Memo To State Officials: You Have No Right To Discriminate

It's now obvious that some government officials will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into compliance with the Supreme Court's ruling ... «Americans United, Jul 15»

Google ads discriminate based on gender, research shows …

Google is more likely to advertise high paid executive level jobs to men than women, according to the latest research. Individuals at Carnegie ... «ITProPortal, Jul 15»

Under the Constitution, there is no 'right' to discriminate | Letter …

The "right" to discriminate is not a right. It's a moral, spiritual weakness that hardens the heart and narrows the mind. Who can see a God who ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»

Baker can't legally discriminate against same-sex couples - The …

Baker can't legally discriminate against same-sex couples. By The Denver Post Editorial Board. Posted: 07/07/2015 05:00:00 PM MDT. Masterpiece Cakeshop ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

'Religious Freedom' Will Not Be A License To Discriminate On Our …

When the U.S. Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, it was a moment of joy - and relief - for the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Why do employers discriminate against former servicemen?

Why do employers discriminate against former servicemen? The toughest battle for those who serve Queen and country can be the moment ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Should Christian Law Schools Get Accredited if They Discriminate …

The Ontario Superior Court last week ruled that Ontario's Law Society did not unlawfully discriminate against Trinity Western University, ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»

Brevard County Board Must Not Discriminate Against Nontheists …

Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that local governments cannot discriminate based on religion when choosing who will deliver ... «Americans United, Jul 15»

Age discrimination plans 'discriminate against children'

“To discriminate against any person or group of people in our society cannot be right. But to exclude the most vulnerable and those who have ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»

Cinema doesn`t discriminate: Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai: Cinema doesn't discriminate and is instead, a "great integrator of communities", said legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, who ... «Zee News, Jul 15»