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Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.
Pierre Schaeffer

Meaning of "indistinct" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDISTINCT

indistinct  [ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDISTINCT

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

WHAT DOES INDISTINCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indistinct in the English dictionary

The definition of indistinct in the dictionary is incapable of being clearly distinguished, as by the eyes, ears, or mind; not distinct.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDISTINCT


cinct
sɪŋkt
discinct
dɪˈsɪŋkt
distinct
dɪˈstɪŋkt
extinct
ɪkˈstɪŋkt
instinct
ˈɪnstɪŋkt
overinked
ˌəʊvərˈɪŋkt
precinct
ˈpriːsɪŋkt
procinct
prəʊˈsɪŋkt
sexlinked
ˈsɛksˌlɪŋkt
succinct
səkˈsɪŋkt
tinct
tɪŋkt
unextinct
ˌʌnɪkˈstɪŋkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDISTINCT

indissociable
indissociably
indissolubility
indissoluble
indissolubleness
indissolubly
indissolvable
indissuadable
indissuadably
indistinction
indistinctive
indistinctively
indistinctiveness
indistinctly
indistinctness
indistinguishability
indistinguishable
indistinguishableness
indistinguishably
indistributable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDISTINCT

depeinct
gut instinct
herd instinct
homing instinct
killer instinct
life instinct
maternal instinct
pedestrian precinct
shopping precinct
survival instinct
voting precinct

Synonyms and antonyms of indistinct in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDISTINCT»

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

Translation of «indistinct» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDISTINCT

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

Translator English - Chinese

隐隐约约
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indistinto
570 millions of speakers

English

indistinct
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير واضحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нечеткие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indistinta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্ফুট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indistinct
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak jelas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

undeutlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不明瞭な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불명료
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indistinct
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không phân minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவில்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indistinto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewyraźny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нечіткі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indistinct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακαθόριστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onduidelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otydlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utydelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indistinct

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDISTINCT»

The term «indistinct» is regularly used and occupies the 72.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDISTINCT» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «INDISTINCT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indistinct.
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Pierre Schaeffer
Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDISTINCT»

Discover the use of indistinct in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indistinct and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Atlas of Mammography
Indistinct. and. Spiculated. Masses. Figure 5.1 HISTORY: A 46-year-old woman for baseline screening. MAMMOGRAPHY: A poorly defined mass on mammography is a primary sign of breast carcinoma. The majority of breast carcinomas have ...
Ellen Shaw De Paredes, 2007
2
Indistinct Appearance
From an early age, thinking that this was the way everyone saw the world, Robert did everything that he had been taught; school, military, college, marriage and children.
Robert Uhl, 2002
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The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature
Jean E. Feerick, Vin Nardizzi. receives in our title, however, complicates usual procedures for establishing order. How do we group essays that probe, blur, and dismantle boundaries that have come to cordon off a creature (“the human”) from  ...
Jean E. Feerick, Vin Nardizzi, 2012
4
The Dead Sea scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts with ...
1Q40 Liturgical Fragment 4 5 1Q41 All the Land Fragment 7 1Q42 Famine Fragment 7 1Q43 All the Angelfs] Fragment 7 1Q44 Indistinct Fragment 1 9 1Q45 Poor Fragment 7 1Q46 Just Weight Fragment 7 1Q47 Indistinct Fragment 2 9 1Q48 ...
James H. Charlesworth, 1997
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
CONFUSED is positive; it marks a positive degree of indistinctness. A thing may be indistinct without being confused ; but it cannot be confused without being indistinct : two things may be indistinct, or not easily distinguished from each other; ...
George Crabb, 1818
6
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Record and Analysis
which it is passing which demands from us the utmost concern, alertness and responsibility to safeguard this [words indistinct] as a basic axis for joint Arab action. Also discussed are the complications surrounding conditions in fraternal ...
Rouhollah K. Ramazani, Joseph A. Kechichian, 1988
7
Descartes's Dreams: Imagination in The Meditations
essence, the ideas about these representations, no matter how adequately presenting the obscure and indistinct representations, are themselves obscure and indistinct. These resulting ideas are obscure and indistinct in that they fail to  ...
Ann Scholl, 2005
8
Weighing the World: The Reverend John Michell of Thornhill
It is telling that the treatise on Newtonian optics by Smith concludes with an essay by James Jurin on distinct and indistinct vision.100 The subject of this section being indistinct vision, we should have in mind its opposite, distinct vision.
Russell McCormmach, 2011
9
Logos and Revelation: Ibn 'Arabi, Meister Eckhart, and ...
It is, therefore, indistinct from all color. In a similar manner, since God, as pure existence, is indistinct from all creatures, God is also most distinct from creatures. The second ratio naturalis that Eckhart gives is also brief: “Nothing is further from  ...
Robert J. Dobie, 2010
10
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology and ...
But some of the indistinct pairs in both cases are rather surprising, for example A. lindbergiana and A. cymatophylla, A. plicata and A. semilunaris, since these microspecies are generally considered to belong to different sections. As a rule, the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDISTINCT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indistinct is used in the context of the following news items.
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360 First Spins: Pitbull, Jason Isbell, Future, Iron & Wine, Tame …
This album leaves me blank, with its wavy guitars and indistinct, uninteresting vocals. I would not have someone turn this off if it was on the ... «austin360, Jul 15»
2
Premiers' Embrace of Aboriginal Issues Has Been a Long Time …
The precise line of demarcation on aboriginal affairs between federal, provincial and territorial governments remains indistinct, however, to put ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
3
Could you tell whether this was a fake £1? - Isle of Man Today
In this example there are a few clues: not only is the detail on the 'tails' side indistinct, it's also off-centre. Moreover, the Latin inscription on the ... «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
4
Some Songs Considered #013: Louis Weeks, Tame Impala
In other words, the band could not have picked a worse time to generate a song as bland, forgettable, and indistinct as “Leave A Trace”. «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
5
Puny Humans, Geocentrism, and ET |Blogs | NCRegister.com
Then the Milky Way itself becomes a mere indistinct smudge of light disappearing among billions of other galaxies. Finally, the H.G. Wellsian ... «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
6
New Horizons' Pluto journey is invaluable - Decatur Daily: Opinion
... Telescope, Pluto appears as a shining, white ball. Astronomers can make out its largest moon, Charon, but both still are fuzzy and indistinct. «The Decatur Daily, Jul 15»
7
The Gallows review – depressingly bad amateur dramatics scarer …
(There is, admittedly, a nice pastiche of 90s analogue home video showing this gruesome event, complete with milky indistinct definition and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
theartsdesk on Vinyl: Volume 7 - Northern Soul, The Fall and more …
“Acid Love” thobs along packed with indistinct voices, disorientating echoes, grunts, pings and sci-fi drilling noises. The flip, “Lost Girl”, is a ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
9
A Closer Look at the Pluto Photos | Dr. Sten Odenwald
We did it! After nine and a half years of travel, the New Horizons spacecraft has finally reached Pluto. In an instant, this indistinct dot of dim light ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Nothing philosophical about Man Utd signings
Frittering large sums away can be justified if, at some indistinct point in the future, you can pretend a profit can be made, even if undermines the ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»

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