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subdistinguish

subdistinguish verb: to distinguish or differentiate as a subtype.

Verb

subdistinguish (third-person singular simple present subdistinguishes, present participle subdistinguishing, simple past and past participle subdistinguished)

  1. (transitive) To distinguish or differentiate as a subtype.

Forms of subdistinguish

third-person singular presentsubdistinguishes
present participlesubdistinguishing
past participlesubdistinguished
pastsubdistinguished

Origin of subdistinguish

From sub- + distinguish.

Questions about subdistinguish

What does subdistinguish mean?
Subdistinguish means to distinguish or differentiate as a subtype.
What part of speech is subdistinguish?
Subdistinguish is a verb.
What is the past tense of subdistinguish?
The past tense of subdistinguish is subdistinguished.

Words near subdistinguish in the dictionary

  1. subdissections
  2. subdistal
  3. subdistally
  4. subdistant
  5. subdistinction
  6. subdistinguish
  7. subdistinguished
  8. subdistinguishes
  9. subdistinguishing
  10. subdistribution
  11. subdistributional

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