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1. (v.i.) discriminate
to make a distinction in favor of or against a person on the basis of the group or class to which the person belongs, rather than according to merit.
2. discriminate
to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately.
3. (v.t.) discriminate
to note or distinguish as different.
4. discriminate
to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate.
5. (adj.) discriminate
marked by discrimination; making or evidencing nice distinctions.
Etymology: (1620–30; < L discrīminātus, ptp. of discrīmināre)
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| Definition of 'discriminate' |
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1. (verb) discriminate
marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"
2. (verb) discriminate, know apart
recognize or perceive the difference
3. (verb) discriminate, separate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
4. (verb) discriminate
distinguish
"I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
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1. (verb) discriminate
to treat unfairly because of race, religion, etc.
to discriminate against minority groups
2. discriminate
to recognize the difference between two things; = differentiate
to discriminate between professional and amateur paintings
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| Definition of 'discriminate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) discriminate
having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens
2. (verb) discriminate
to set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish
3. (verb) discriminate
to make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption
4. (verb) discriminate
to treat unequally
5. (verb) discriminate
to impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service
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Sense: (withbetween) to make or see a difference between
It is difficult to discriminate between real and pretended cases of poverty.
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 Afrikaans: onderskei |
 Arabic: يُمَيِّز، يُفَرِّق |
 Bulgarian: различавам |
 Brazilian: discriminar |
 Czech: rozlišovat |
 German: unterscheiden |
 Danish: skelne |
 Greek: διακρίνω |
 Spanish: distinguir |
 Estonian: vahet tegema |
 Farsi: تشخیص دادن |
 Finnish: erottaa |
 French: distinguer (entre) |
 Hebrew: לְהַבחִין בֵּין- |
 Hindi: भेद करना |
 Croatian: diskriminirati, načiniti |
 Hungarian: különbséget tesz |
 Indonesian: membedakan |
 Icelandic: gera greinarmuná, greina |
 Italian: distinguere |
 Japanese: 識別する |
 Korean: 식별하다 |
 Lithuanian: (at)skirti |
 Latvian: atšķirt |
 Malay: membezakan |
 Dutch: onderscheid maken |
 Norwegian: skjelne (mellom) |
 Polish: rozróżniać |
 Persian: تشخیص دادن |
 Pashto: تبعيض كولو تو پير كول بېل |
 Portuguese: discriminar |
 Romanian: a distinge (între) |
 Russian: различать |
 Slovak: rozlišovať, rozoznať |
 Slovenian: razlikovati |
 Serbian: napraviti razliku |
 Swedish: skilja på (mellan) |
 Thai: บอกความแตกต่างระหว่าง |
 Turkish: ayırt etmek |
 Taiwanese: 區別 |
 Ukrainian: розрізняти; розпізнавати |
 Urdu: امتیاز کرنا |
 Vietnamese: phân biệt |
 Chinese: 区别 |
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