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distinctive
[ dih-stingk-tiv ]
/ dɪˈstɪŋk tɪv /
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adjective
serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
having a special quality, style, attractiveness, etc.; notable.
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distinctive
/ (dɪˈstɪŋktɪv) /
adjective
serving or tending to distinguish
denoting one of a set of minimal features of a phoneme in a given language that serve to distinguish it from other phonemes. The distinctive features of /p/ in English are that it is voiceless, bilabial, non-nasal, and plosive; /b/ is voiced, bilabial, non-nasal, and plosive: the two differ by the distinctive feature of voice
Derived forms of distinctive
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