Definitions for distinctive
dɪˈstɪŋk tɪvdis·tinc·tive

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. distinctive, typical(adj)

   of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

   "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"

2. classifiable, distinctive(adj)

   capable of being classified

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. distinctive(Adjective)

   that serves to distinguish between things

2. distinctive(Adjective)

   that is characteristic or typical of something

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Distinctive(adj)

   marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar

   Etymology: [Cf. F. distinctif.]

2. Distinctive(adj)

   having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating

   Etymology: [Cf. F. distinctif.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. distinctive

   To have a specific form or way of creating or expressing.

   As humans we have similar qualities and distinctive form or ways of creating and expressing ourselves.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'distinctive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4124

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'distinctive' in Adjectives Frequency: #567

How to pronounce distinctive?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of distinctive in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of distinctive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of distinctive in a Sentence

1. Marissa Parrott:

   They were flipping them over, making a very distinctive, almost surgical precision cut down the chest. They would even remove the gallbladder outside the body, which contains toxic bile salts. They knew to remove that bit. She added that the rats understood which areas of the toad were poisonous, using their sharp teeth and dextrous hands to eatthe non-toxic parts while leaving the poisonous areas stripped. In the medium-sized toads, as well as eating the heart and liver, they would strip off the toxic skin from one or both legs and eat the non-toxic thigh muscle.

2. Randal Taylor:

   I believe it is reasonable to believe that this gun is the individual's, it is a distinct-looking gun with an orange slide and an elongated grip. We are aware of photos showing the driver holding a similar distinctive weapon on social media sites.

3. Hubert Humphrey:

   Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   A digital mentor has fewer errors, without distinctions; contrarily, a physical mentor has uttermost mistakes and errors, even with distinctive intuition and insight.

5. Markus Binkert:

   When we create lounges we always try to think,' What will be the one distinctive factor ? ,' in this lounge it will be the terrace... this beautiful scenery of the Swiss Alps. It's going to be a destination of its own.

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