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DISTINGUISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Example:
she reigned in magisterial beauty
Synonyms:
distinguished; grand; imposing; magisterial
Classified under:
Similar:
dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
Example:
our distinguished professor
Classified under:
Similar:
important; of import (of great significance or value)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb distinguish
Context examples:
Distinguished from a promoter, that is alone sufficient to cause expression of the gene when bound.
(Enhancer, NCI Thesaurus)
Two types of endometrial carcinoma are distinguished with respect to biology and clinical course.
(Endometrial Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
My reflections at these times were always associated with the figure I was to make in life, and the distinguished things I was to do.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A pleomorphic cell of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium that secretes surfactant and is distinguished by abundant cytoplasm containing numerous lipid-rich multilamellar bodies.
(Alveolar Cell Type II, NCI Thesaurus)
They at length agreed that the person should be chosen as pope who should be distinguished by some divine and miraculous token.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Mr. Bingley had danced with her twice, and she had been distinguished by his sisters.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I should not go too far if I were to say that there was a general impression at that time that a distinguished career lay before me.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Having a top team of distinguished doctors was another plus, because they cared so much for her.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A moment later our modest apartment, already so distinguished that morning, was further honoured by the entrance of the most lovely woman in London.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Through a similar process, the team also distinguished individual sibling and twin pairs from unrelated pairs in both children and adults.
(Brain Activity Is Inherited, May Inform Treatment for ADHD, Autism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
