отличи́ть — meaning in English
otlichit
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English meaning
- distinguish verb To recognize the difference between two or more things.
- tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
Senses
отличи́ть is used for these senses in English:
- distinguish To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
- set apart To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- tell (transitive, or, intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- tell apart (idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
distinguish — full definition
- verb To recognize the difference between two or more things.
- verb To make someone or something stand out from others, often through achievement.
tell — full definition
- verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
- verb To narrate or recount, as in telling a story.
- verb To order or instruct someone to do something.
- verb To know or work out something, often by noticing small clues.
- verb To inform an authority figure about someone's wrongdoing.