distinguished

«distinguished» in Mova's school dictionary: famous and respected because of important work: «a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (distinguished; more distinguished); verb past form of distinguish (distinguish, distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Distinguished means famous and respected because of important work: «a distinguished scientist». tree →

2) Distinguished means looking important and dignified, often an older person. tree →

3) (verb) If you distinguished one thing from another, you saw or showed the difference between them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In formal texts and speeches it praises important people. As a verb in science, you distinguish between groups by their features. Phrases: «distinguished guest», «distinguished from», «distinguished career».

examples

• A distinguished writer visited our school. tree →
• Please welcome our distinguished guests. tree →
• Grandpa looks distinguished in his grey suit. tree →
• Can you distinguish a frog from a toad? tree →
• The twins could hardly be distinguished from each other. tree →
• She had a distinguished career as a doctor. tree →
• And who were these distinguished guests? tree →

note

Formal. «Distinguish between A and B» or «distinguish A from B». The verb is regular. Silent u sound: dis-TING-gwisht.

In the corpora

• "Distinguished" said of an older man often means grey-haired or older-looking, in a good way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «distinguished» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.