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distinctest

distinctest is the superlative form of distinct.

Meaning of distinct

Adjective

distinct (comparative distincter or more distinct, superlative distinctest or most distinct)

  1. Capable of being perceived very clearly.
    • Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
    Synonyms:
    clear
  2. Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
    • Horses are distinct from zebras.
  3. Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
    • Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.
  4. Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
    • The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
  5. (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
    • Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    specified
  6. (obsolete) Marked; variegated.
    • The which [place] was dight / With divers flowres distinct with rare delight.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23
    Synonyms:
    patterned

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Questions about distinctest

What is distinctest the superlative form of?
Distinctest is the superlative form of distinct.

Words near distinctest in the dictionary

  1. distilments
  2. distils
  3. distinct
  4. distincted
  5. distincter
  6. distinctest
  7. distinctified
  8. distinctifies
  9. distinctify
  10. distinctifying
  11. distincting

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