Synonym: clear, clear-cut, definite, different, dissimilar, diverse, exact, obvious, plain, precise, separate, unmistakable. Antonym: indistinct. Similar words: distinction, distinctive, distinguish, instinct, existing, assist in, consist in, distant. Meaning: [dɪ'stɪŋkt] adj. 1. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined 2. (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality 3. constituting a separate entity or part 4. recognizable; marked 5. clearly or sharply defined to the mind.
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121. Second, it may need to make itself distinct from other species with which it shares its living space.
122. These two areas are not entirely distinct, but it may be useful to examine them separately.
123. Polls show a distinct majority of New Yorkers share Pataki's view and support the ban on hand-held phones.
124. The natural projection of the land along the Thames conferred distinct advantages on West Ham as a site for the new docks.
125. There can be no doubt that it is a growth area, which has had distinct achievements in many countries.
126. These two techniques of casting are regarded as distinct and having different geographical distributions.
127. They were classified into two distinct groups, those who gained entry through traditional methods and those who had not.
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128. Its soils and drainage make it a quite distinct area, described on pages 46 and 47.
129. When the labor necessary to complete a task or make a product is divided into specific, distinct operations, productivity soars.
130. The decision as to what to accept as a distinct class is quite arbitrary.
131. And in historical terms, many societies have no conception of a distinct political order.
132. Political parties compete to win elections by submitting distinct programmes from which the electorate can choose.
133. The atmosphere in this dark room was oddly disquieting, giving him the distinct impression that he was not alone.
134. In this particular case Abraham is at a very distinct disadvantage.
135. For the class approach there can be more than two distinct class groups.
136. We can, therefore, distinguish between different compounds, or between chemically distinct atoms in a single compound.
137. Viruses, cancer and acute Infection Viruses attack cells by several distinct routes.
138. It is not constituted by many distinct parts, linked together by chance.
139. Weights could be modified to cluster similar input patterns into distinct classes.
140. The boy had the distinct impression he was about to meet some one who would welcome his arrival.
141. They are a major and fundamental component of the system of the unconscious, as distinct from the conscious and preconscious systems.
142. These four distinct types of dancer are still found in twentieth-century ballet companies.
143. Hobson's work is mainly remembered because Lenin used it to construct his own, quite distinct, theory of imperialism.
144. One of the few local contestants was at a distinct disadvantage.
145. An imagination nurtured among northern latitudes is here at a distinct disadvantage.
146. She got the distinct impression that Melissa wasn't best pleased to find that Luke had company.
147. The atomic weight is a ratio quite distinct from the weight in grams.
148. Managers below the chief executive level are distinct from the business class itself.
149. Ministers were not civil servants, but rarely developed a distinct role.
150. Nevertheless, pen-based systems offer a number of distinct advantages over speech or keyboard based systems.
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