distinguished

English

Etymology

From distinguish +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guished

Adjective

distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)

1. celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

   The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.

2. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor

   Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.

3. (mathematics) Specified, noted.

   Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.

Synonyms

• (celebrated): eminent, exceptional, remarkable; see also: Thesaurus:famous or Thesaurus:notable
• (dignified appearance): grand, imposing, sophisticated

Antonyms

• mediocre

Derived terms

• distinguishedly
• distinguishedness
• distinguished open set
• distinguished professor
• indistinguished
• undistinguished

Translations

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

Arabic: مُمَيَّز (mumayyaz), مُمْتَاز (mumtāz), بَارِز (bāriz)، شَهِير (šahīr) Bulgarian: виден (bg) (viden), изтъкнат (bg) (iztǎknat) Catalan: distingit (ca) Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) Chinese: Mandarin: 卓著 (zh) (zhuózhù) Czech: význačný (cs), vynikající (cs), uznávaný (cs) Danish: anset, fremtrædende Dutch: voortreffelijk (nl), eminent (nl), voornaam (nl) Finnish: tunnettu (fi), arvostettu (fi) French: distingué (fr) Galician: distinguido m German: bedeutend (de), hervorragend (de) Greek: Ancient: ὑπέροχος (hupérokhos) Italian: emerito (it) m, distinto (it) m Japanese: 非凡な (ja) (hibon na), 特異な (ja) (tokui na), 傑出した (ja) (kesshutsu shita) Latin: ēgregius, amplus (la), notātus (la) Malayalam: വിശിഷ്ട (ml) (viśiṣṭa) Maori: taiea, kairangatira, ahurei, matararahi, amaru Polish: wybitny (pl) Portuguese: distinto (pt) m Romanian: distinct (ro) m Russian: ви́дный (ru) (vídnyj), выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja), имени́тый (ru) (imenítyj) Sanskrit: प्रभव (sa) (prabhava) Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach Spanish: distinguido (es) Tocharian B: ṣotarye

having a dignified appearance or demeanor

Arabic: أَنِيق (ʔanīq) Catalan: distingit (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: distingveret Finnish: kunnianarvoisa French: distingué (fr) German: vornehm (de), distinguiert (de) Maori: amaru, taiea Norwegian: Bokmål: fornem (no) Polish: dystyngowany (pl) Romanian: distinct (ro) m Spanish: distinguido (es)

mathematics: specified, noted

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: erikois- Italian: distinto (it) m Polish: wyróżniony Russian: за́данный (ru) (zádannyj)

Verb

distinguished

1. simple past and past participle of distinguish