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distinctive

[dih-stingk-tiv]

adjective

  1. serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: distinguishing.

    the distinctive stripes of the zebra.

    Synonyms:
  2. having a special quality, style, attractiveness, etc.; notable.



distinctive

/ ɪˈɪŋɪ /

adjective

  1. serving or tending to distinguish

  2. denoting one of a set of minimal features of a phoneme in a given language that serve to distinguish it from other phonemes. The distinctive features of /p/ in English are that it is voiceless, bilabial, non-nasal, and plosive; /b/ is voiced, bilabial, non-nasal, and plosive: the two differ by the distinctive feature of voice

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • distinctively adverb
  • distinctiveness noun
  • subdistinctive adjective
  • subdistinctively adverb
  • subdistinctiveness noun
  • 徱ˈپԳپ adverb
  • 徱ˈپԳپԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of distinctive1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Medieval Latin 徱پԳīܲ; equivalent to distinct + -ive
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The first window into the album was “Good Vibrations,” a 3-minute, 35-second song that featured dramatic shifts in tone and mood with Wilson’s distinctive falsetto soaring above it all.

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It has now been a decade since that distinctive riff on “The Shining,” and for Byrne’s third feature, he once again pillages from indelible sources.

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Erivo has similar thoughts about her physical appearance, which has grown more distinctive — and perhaps more provocative — as she’s gotten more famous.

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Another of the distinctive tents will set up in a car park at the Gyle Shopping centre, where an Italian company will present a circus show.

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The results also made clear that the challenge facing Badenoch is a dramatically distinctive one.

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