adjective
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
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- our distinguished professor
adjective
used of a person's appearance or behavior
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- befitting an eminent person
- his distinguished bearing
- the monarch's imposing presence
- she reigned in magisterial beauty
verb
mark as different
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- We distinguish several kinds of maple
verb
detect with the senses
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- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
verb
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait
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- sometimes in a very positive sense
- His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
verb
make conspicuous or noteworthy
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verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
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