"distinction" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

distinction sustantivo

sustantivo + distinction
Kolokacji: 4
class distinction • gender distinction • caste distinction • status distinction
distinction + verbo
Kolokacji: 32
distinction makes • distinction belongs • distinction exists • distinction blurs • distinction disappears • ...
verbo + distinction
Kolokacji: 26
gain distinction • draw a distinction • serve with distinction • graduate with distinction • receive distinctions • make a distinction • ...
adjetivo + distinction
Kolokacji: 118
important distinction • clear distinction • dubious distinction • great distinction • high distinction • sharp distinction • fine distinction • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 31
(4) high, sharp, major, greatest
Kolokacji: 4
(6) social, cultural, ethnic
Kolokacji: 3
(9) only, binary
Kolokacji: 2
(12) moral, intellectual
Kolokacji: 2
1. racial distinction = rasowa różnica racial distinction
2. arbitrary distinction = arbitralna różnica arbitrary distinction
  • Years of accumulated intelligence have taught us that you cannot make an arbitrary distinction between a civilian and a military target.
  • The arbitrary distinctions that govern full- and part-time jobs must be eliminated.
  • There is often arbitrary distinction of between trade and "migration"
  • Of course we do accept arbitrary distinctions about some matters: zoning, for example.
  • The laws are also suspect because they make arbitrary distinctions that lead to inequitable results.
  • A useful, if somewhat arbitrary, distinction is that between an island and an islet.
  • But race is an arbitrary distinction based on genetic patterns.
  • I began to wonder: 'How have people been putting up with such arbitrary distinctions?
  • We just get into hand wringing about arbitrary distinctions.
  • The tax code is full of arbitrary distinctions between personal and business property.
3. absolute distinction = absolutne rozróżnienie absolute distinction
4. hierarchical distinction = hierarchiczna różnica hierarchical distinction
(14) academic, theoretical
Kolokacji: 2
(15) useful, practical, relevant
Kolokacji: 3
(17) architectural, theological
Kolokacji: 2
(18) notable, ethical, proper
Kolokacji: 3
(20) careful, certain
Kolokacji: 2
(22) conceptual, ideological
Kolokacji: 2
(23) unfortunate, invidious
Kolokacji: 2
(24) religious, temporal
Kolokacji: 2
(26) simple, genetic
Kolokacji: 2
(28) strict, rigid
Kolokacji: 2
(29) unenviable, unwanted
Kolokacji: 2
(30) geographical, geographic
Kolokacji: 2
(31) ontological, philosophical
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + distinction
Kolokacji: 9
without distinction • with distinction • of distinction • for distinction • in distinction • ...

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