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distinguished
English
Etymology
- From distinguish +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?t???w??t/
- Hyphenation: dis?tin?guished
Adjective
distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)
- celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
- Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
- Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
- (mathematics) Specified, noted.
- Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.
Synonyms
- (celebrated): eminent, exceptional, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:famous or Thesaurus:notable
- (dignified appearance): grand, imposing
- (specified):
Antonyms
- mediocre
Translations
Verb
distinguished
- simple past tense and past participle of distinguish
distinguished From the web:
- what distinguished the cities of the indus valley
- what distinguished a happening from an event
- what distinguished the first mayan cultures
- what distinguished the aztec and inca empires
- what distinguished the roanoke colony
- what distinguishes transcription from dna replication
- what distinguished the psychoanalysis approach
- what distinguished the cambrian from the precambrian
exceptional
English
Etymology
exception +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?p??n?l/
- Hyphenation: ex?cep?tion?al
Adjective
exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- What an exceptional flower!
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excellent
- egregious (most often used negatively, however)
Antonyms
- (forming an exception): ordinary, categorical, common, general, usual
- (superior due to exception or rarity): ordinary, mediocre, commonplace
Derived terms
- exceptional space
- exceptionally
- exceptionalism
Translations
Noun
exceptional (plural exceptionals)
- An exception, or something having an exceptional value
- 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)
- Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.
- 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)
exceptional From the web:
- what exceptional mean
- what exceptional leaders know
- what exceptional customer service means
- what exceptional delegation
- what exceptionality is adhd
- what does exceptional mean
- what do exceptional mean
- what does it mean when someone is exceptional
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