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# distinguished

«distinguished» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **famous and respected because of important work: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (distinguished; more distinguished); verb past form of distinguish (distinguish, distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Distinguished means famous and respected because of important work: «a distinguished scientist». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#m1)

2) Distinguished means looking important and dignified, often an older person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#m2)

3) (verb) If you distinguished one thing from another, you saw or showed the difference between them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Daniel it means that Daniel stood out above the other officials because of his excellent spirit, so that the king meant to set him over the whole kingdom. Interpretation: Tradition sees Daniel's rise as coming from his wisdom and his faithfulness, which God gave him. In the primary lessons: In formal texts and speeches it praises important people. As a verb in science, you distinguish between groups by their features. Phrases: «distinguished guest», «distinguished from», «distinguished career».

### examples

- "The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived." {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x1)
- Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. (Writings DAN.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x2)
- A distinguished writer visited our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x3)
- Please welcome our distinguished guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x4)
- Grandpa looks distinguished in his grey suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x5)
- Can you distinguish a frog from a toad? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x6)
- The twins could hardly be distinguished from each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x7)
- She had a distinguished career as a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x8)
- And who were these distinguished guests? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/#x9)

### note

Formal. «Distinguish between A and B» or «distinguish A from B». The verb is regular. Silent u sound: dis-TING-gwisht.

### In the corpora

- ["Distinguished" said of an older man often means grey-haired or older-looking, in a good way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «distinguished» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distinguished/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.