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The definition of distinctive
2 Definitions of: distinctive
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- adjective, serving or tending to distinguish
- adjective, 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
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| Synonyms: | typical, unique, characteristic, special, individual, specific, extraordinary, distinguish, peculiar, singular | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | ordinary |
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