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CONTRADISTINGUISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contradistinguish mean? 

CONTRADISTINGUISH (verb)
  The verb CONTRADISTINGUISH has 1 sense:

1. distinguish by contrasting qualitiesplay

  Familiarity information: CONTRADISTINGUISH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTRADISTINGUISH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they contradistinguish  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it contradistinguishes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: contradistinguished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: contradistinguished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: contradistinguishing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Distinguish by contrasting qualities

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "contradistinguish" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

contradistinction (a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast)


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