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Definitions for distinctive
dɪˈstɪŋk tɪvdis·tinc·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. distinctive, typicaladjective

    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, distinctiveadjective

    capable of being classified

Wiktionary

  1. distinctiveadjective

    that serves to distinguish between things

  2. distinctiveadjective

    that is characteristic or typical of something

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Distinctiveadjective

    Etymology: from distinct.

    For from the natal hour, distinctive names,
    One common right the great and lowly claims. Alexander Pope, Ody.

    Credulous and vulgar auditors readily believe it, and the more judicious and distinctive heads do not reject it. Brown.

ChatGPT

  1. distinctive

    Distinctive refers to a characteristic, quality, or attribute that makes someone or something clearly different or unique, enabling it to stand out from others. It is something easily noticed or recognized due to its dissimilarity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Distinctiveadjective

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

  2. Distinctiveadjective

    having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. distinctif.]

Editors Contribution

  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

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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. Unknown Russian:

    Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

  2. James Logan:

    Our previous work has shown that malaria has a distinctive odor, and with Medical Detection Dogs, we successfully trained Medical Detection Dogs to accurately detect malaria, this, combined with the knowledge that respiratory disease can change body odor, makes us hopeful that Medical Detection Dogs can also detect COVID-19.

  3. Sam Wasser:

    Wildlife populations are separated over space and time and these separated populations accumulate mutations that make them more distinctive from one another, and highly traceable.

  4. Bette Korber:

    Variants within Omicron are really pronounced and distinctive. It’s not like Omicron is one thing at all. It has evolved hugely.

  5. Imran Aamir:

    She was a very shy, reserved girl, like any regular girl, with nothing distinctive about her, who knows what compelled her to do what she did? But she did not learn it at al-Huda.

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