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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

  1. verb To recognize the difference between two or more things.
  2. verb To make someone or something stand out from others, often through achievement.

tell — full definition

  1. verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
  2. verb To narrate or recount, as in telling a story.
  3. verb To order or instruct someone to do something.
  4. verb To know or work out something, often by noticing small clues.
  5. verb To inform an authority figure about someone's wrongdoing.

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