how to pronounce distinguish
/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
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distinguish is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of distinguish in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… does not distinguish himself by his …”
meaning of distinguish
Distinguish means to make a clear distinction between two or more things.
distinguish frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word distinguish occurs in english on average 19.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics distinguish can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that distinguish can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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