distinct

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·tinct AW BrE [dɪˈstɪŋkt] NAmE [dɪˈstɪŋkt] adjective
1. easily or clearly heard, seen, felt, etc
•There was a distinct smell of gas.
•His voice was quiet but every word was distinct.
2. clearly different or of a different kind
•The results of the survey fell into two distinct groups.
•~ from sth Jamaican reggae music is quite distinct from North American jazz or blues.
•rural areas, as distinct from major cities
3. only before noun used to emphasize that you think an idea or situation definitely exists and is important
Syn: ↑definite
•Being tall gave Tony a distinct advantage.
•I had the distinct impression I was being watched.
•A strike is now a distinct possibility.
Derived Words: ↑distinctly ▪ ↑distinctness

Word Origin:
[distinct distinctly distinctness] late Middle English (in the sense ‘differentiated’): from Latin distinctus ‘separated, distinguished’, from the verb distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’.

Example Bank:
•Manufacturers hope their new products will be sufficiently distinct to command higher prices.
•Political power should be regarded as analytically distinct from economic power.
•She was studying lung cancer, as distinct from other types of cancer.
•The various dialects are quite distinct from one another.
•geographically distinct regions
•We are talking about rural areas, as distinct from major cities.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clear-cut, trenchant, decided, discrete, distinguishable