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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.
Irving Babbitt

Meaning of "distinguished" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED

distinguished  [dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTINGUISHED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Distinguished is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISTINGUISHED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Distinguishing

In law, to distinguish a case means a court decides the holding or legal reasoning of a precedent case will not apply due to materially different facts between the two cases. There are two formal constraints on the later court: the factors in the ratio of the earlier case must be retained in formulating the ratio of the later case, and the ruling in the later case must still support the result reached in the precedent case. The ruling made by the judge must be based around not only the evidence they are faced with, but the precedents in which they must follow. This means that a precedent will be dealt to a case with similar facts, in which a decision can then be distinguished based upon this.

Definition of distinguished in the English dictionary

The definition of distinguished in the dictionary is noble or dignified in appearance or behaviour. Other definition of distinguished is eminent; famous; celebrated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISTINGUISHED


accomplished
əˈkɒmplɪʃt
anguished
ˈæŋɡwɪʃt
astonished
əˈstɒnɪʃt
cherished
ˈtʃɛrɪʃt
diminished
dɪˈmɪnɪʃt
established
ɪˈstæblɪʃt
finished
ˈfɪnɪʃt
furnished
ˈfɜːnɪʃt
impoverished
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt
polished
ˈpɒlɪʃt
tarnished
ˈtɑːnɪʃt
undistinguished
ˌʌndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt
unextinguished
ˌʌnɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt
unfinished
ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt
unfurnished
ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃt
unpublished
ˌʌnˈpʌblɪʃt
unvanquished
ʌnˈvæŋkwɪʃt
unwished
ʌnˈwɪʃt
vanished
ˈvænɪʃt
wisht
wɪʃt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTINGUISHED

distinctive
distinctively
distinctiveness
distinctiveness ratio
distinctly
distinctness
distincture
distinguee
distinguish
distinguishable
distinguishably
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Order
distinguished-looking
distinguisher
distinguishing
distinguishingly
distinguishment

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTINGUISHED

blemished
burnished
dished
famished
half-finished
in the shed
long-established
malnourished
semifinished
unaccomplished
unblemished
undernourished
undiminished
unpolished
unpunished
untarnished
unvarnished
well-established
well-finished
well-furnished
well-nourished

Synonyms and antonyms of distinguished in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISTINGUISHED»

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

Translation of «distinguished» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTINGUISHED

Find out the translation of distinguished to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of distinguished from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distinguished» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卓著的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

distinguido
570 millions of speakers

English

distinguished
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिष्ठित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تميز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выдающийся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eminente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

distinguishably
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

distingué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibezakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

distinguiert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

著名な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저명한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbedakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân biệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

distinguishably
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भेदभावाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayırt edilebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eminente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybitny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

видатний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distins
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακρίνονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderskei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stående
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

distinguished
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of distinguished

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTINGUISHED»

The term «distinguished» is very widely used and occupies the 8.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTINGUISHED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «distinguished» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «distinguished» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about distinguished

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISTINGUISHED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distinguished.
1
Anthony Albanese
The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.
2
Samuel Alexander
The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
3
Dario Argento
Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.
4
Irving Babbitt
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.
5
Louis Bacon
As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.
6
Adam Braun
Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
7
Arthur C. Clarke
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
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Arthur C. Clarke
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
9
John Cleese
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
10
Howard Coble
Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations, institutions, and so forth, as distinguished from public bills which deal with classes only.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTINGUISHED»

Discover the use of distinguished in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distinguished and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Distinguished Jurist's Primer
Ibn Rushd's Bidayat al-Mujtahid (The Distinguished Jurist's Primer) occupies a unique place among the authoritative manuals of Islamic law.
Averroës, Ibn Rushd, 2000
2
Distinguished Women Economists
This volume provides information on 51 remarkable women in the profession.
James Cicarelli, Julianne Cicarelli, 2003
3
Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science
A look at the lives and careers of 80 men and 20 women who defied poverty and prejudice to excel in the fields of aviation and space exploration.
Betty Kaplan Gubert, Miriam Sawyer, Caroline M. Fannin, 2002
4
7 Master Secrets to Becoming a Distinguished University Or ...
This book is not only limited to college and university students, even professionals can benefit hugely from the principles discussed in this book. That's why you should own this book today!
Bernard Branson, 2012
5
Distinguished Service (Mills & Boon Blaze) (Uniformly Hot! - ...
It’s uncomplicated.
Tori Carrington, 2013
6
Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision ...
Indeed, Wells should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. The book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818).
Nicholas Wade, 2003
7
Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders
Offers profiles of ninety-six Asian American businesspeople who have had a significant impact on their professions and communities.
Naomi Hirahara, 2003
8
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
Offers profiles of top African American scientists of the past one hundred years
James H. Kessler, 1996
9
Distinguished with Distinctions
This book remindseveryone that distinction is never ending therefore we must striveto get more every passing day.
Anslem M. Diayi, 2011
10
Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science: ...
This is the second volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect contributed papers in a frame that can be a sort of dictionary of personalities in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science).
Marco Ceccarelli, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTINGUISHED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distinguished is used in the context of the following news items.
1
62 Huskers honored as Big Ten distinguished scholars
The 2014-15 class of Distinguished Scholar Award recipients includes 119 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous ... «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
2
Four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors named at Johns …
JHU's four newest Bloomberg Distinguished Professors are (clockwise from top left) Taekjip Ha, Jessica Fanzo, Alan Yuille, and Rong Li. «The Hub at Johns Hopkins, Jul 15»
3
3 To Join Hall of Distinguished Alumni during 2015 Homecoming
(WBKO) -- A distinguished national journalist, an internationally recognized pioneer in engineering, and a nationally accomplished golfing ... «WBKO, Jul 15»
4
Nebraska has 62 Big Ten distinguished scholars
A total of 62 Huskers were honored as distinguished scholars. To qualify, a student must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 or ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
5
Pasadena ISD 2015 Distinguished Citizen nominations sought
Pasadena ISD is accepting nominations for the 2015 Distinguished Citizen Award. The award is given annually to a local resident or business ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
6
Distinguished Gentlemen make their marks in France (photos, video)
The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word sit in a gallery of French paintings at the Louvre in Paris. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer). «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
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Cleveland's Distinguished Gentlemen take Paris. Next stop: White …
The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word sit in a gallery of French paintings at the Louvre in Paris. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer). «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
8
Distinguished Veterans to be Honored at Naval Station Great Lakes
Navy Operational Support Center Chicago will honor selected veterans of every military campaign since World War II at a special ceremony ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
9
City of Gardner receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
The City of Gardner has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the ... «GardnerEDGE, Jul 15»
10
[Gwangju Universiade] Distinguished artists of Gwangju
Gwangju has been called the hometown of art in the Republic of Korea from old times. A number of noted artists, musicians and writers came ... «The Korea Herald, Jul 15»

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