Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by excellence or distinction; eminent.
- adjective Dignified in conduct or appearance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Separated by some mark of distinction: as, distinguished rank; distinguished abilities.
- Possessing distinction; separated from the generality by superior abilities, achievements, character, or reputation; better known than others in the same class or profession; well known; eminent: as, a distinguished statesman, author, or soldier.
- Synonyms Celebrated, Eminent, etc. (see
famous ); marked, conspicuous, excellent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked; special.
- adjective Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
celebrated ,well-known oreminent because of past achievements;prestigious - adjective Having a
dignified appearance or demeanor - adjective mathematics
Specified ,noted . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
distinguish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- adjective (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
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Examples
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The term distinguished is predicable indeed of each of the members, but of each in a different sense.
Deductive Logic St. George William Joseph Stock
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The term distinguished between God’s ordination of Israel for unstated reasons of His own—reasons which the Jews spent millennia trying to parse—and, on the other hand, a clear destiny that Americans could readily perceive—our geography, our system of government, our generosity and natural bounty.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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The term distinguished between God’s ordination of Israel for unstated reasons of His own—reasons which the Jews spent millennia trying to parse—and, on the other hand, a clear destiny that Americans could readily perceive—our geography, our system of government, our generosity and natural bounty.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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The term distinguished between God’s ordination of Israel for unstated reasons of His own—reasons which the Jews spent millennia trying to parse—and, on the other hand, a clear destiny that Americans could readily perceive—our geography, our system of government, our generosity and natural bounty.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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In 1949, Vice President Alben W. Barkley became the first office, holder to receive the medal, and since then, Congress has recognized only what it described as the distinguished service of Democratic Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas, and Democratic senators Robert E Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey.
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I also think that the authority of each is easily sustained by cases, such as NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel, that can be distinguished from the individual mandate.
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The financial crisis (which TARP likely helped to remedy) needs to be sharply distinguished from the economic crisis (which the $850 billion, so-called “stimulus” package has likely served to make matters worse).
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Lessons From the Financial Crisis”: 2010
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So that the new lighter-weight quarters could be easily distinguished from the previous issues an arrowhead was added to each side of the obverse date, and rays extending outward from the eagle were added to the reverse.
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Capacity to identify, attract, and retain distinguished faculty.
Discourse.net: Admit It, After Reading This You Want to be Our Dean 2009
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The physical orientation, the Congregation says, must be distinguished from the spiritual.
zacharyr commented on the word distinguished
The list is long and distinguished
Yeah so's my johnson
December 6, 2006