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Definition: Discriminating |
DiscriminatingAdjective1. Showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur". 2. Marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people". 3. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discriminating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: DiscriminatingSynonyms: acute (adj), discriminate (adj), incisive (adj), keen (adj), knifelike (adj), penetrating (adj), penetrative (adj), piercing (adj), sharp (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: indiscriminate (adj), undiscriminating (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discrimination | Adjective: discriminating; Verb: dioristic, discriminative, distinctive; nice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Discriminating |
| English words defined with "discriminating": discriminate, Discriminately ♦ few ♦ Indicia, indiscriminating, Indiscriminative, individualization, individuation ♦ keenly ♦ nice ♦ undiscriminating, Undistinctive, unselective. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "discriminating": Auditory Threshold ♦ Chelsea color filter ♦ discriminating circuit, discriminating monopoly, discriminating ringing, discriminating satellite exchange, discriminating selector, discriminating selector repeater, discriminating selector working, double-spaced neutron log ♦ language or discriminating digit ♦ multiple discriminating ringing ♦ Pearson-Durbin ratio. (references) |
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Screenplays | Lightspeed Briefs - Style and comfort for the discriminating crotch. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Two houses for sale in an area discriminating against integration, Dartmouth, Mass.(?). Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | And yet, if you had a discriminating ear, there were in it the elements of a concord such as these plains never saw nor heard. |
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Health | Although biliary pain also may occur postprandially, this is not a discriminating symptom from other common abdominal conditions (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome). (references) | |
It is also possible that the virus makes the immune system itself less discriminating about what cells it recognizes as its own, allowing some of the immune cells, such as certain kinds of lymphocytes and macrophages, to attack the myelin. (references) | ||
The MRIs were 100 percent accurate in discriminating between the participants who were healthy and those from a third group who already had mild AD. They were 93 percent accurate in discriminating between participants who were healthy and those who initially had memory impairments and ultimately developed AD. In the case of the people "converting" to AD, one of the regions involved with memory had about 37 percent less volume than that of the individuals who remained healthy, probably reflecting a loss of brain cells. (references) | ||
Business | The report's proposals include prohibiting the carmakers from discriminating against dealers sourcing cheap cars from continental Europe, and allowing dealers to acquire cars outright to receive similar discounts to fleet buyers. (references) | |
It is this pricing system which frequently has the effect of discriminating against typically higher quality and higher priced imported pharmaceuticals and medical devices by limiting the reimbursement amount for certain products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Iraq | The Government continued its Arabization policy by discriminating against and forcibly relocating the non-Arab population, including Kurds, Turkmens, and Assyrians living in Kirkuk, Khanaqin, Sinjar, Makhmour, Tuz, Khoramatu, and other districts. (references) |
South Africa | The Bill of Rights prohibits the State from unfairly discriminating directly or indirectly against anyone on religious grounds, and it states that persons belonging to a religious community may not be denied the right, with other members of that community, to practice their religion and to form, join, and maintain religious associations. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uzbekistan | In ordinary criminal cases, the police generally identify and then arrest those reasonably suspected of the crime; however, both the police and the NSS are far less discriminating in cases involving perceived risks to national security. (references) |
Political Economy | UNITED KINGDOM | Employers are barred from discriminating based on union membership. (references) |
HUNGARY | The 1992 legislation prohibits employers from discriminating against unions and their organizers. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | This "reference pricing" system frequently has the effect of discriminating against typically higher-quality and higher-priced pharmaceuticals and medical devices imported from the United States by limiting the reimbursement amount for certain products. (references) |
Worker Rights | Burundi | The Labor Code prohibits employers from firing or otherwise discriminating against a worker because of union affiliation or activity. (references) |
Nepal | It also protects unions and officials from lawsuits arising from actions taken in the discharge of union duties, including collective bargaining, and prohibits employers from discriminating against trade union members or organizers. (references) | |
Indonesia | Although government regulations prohibit employers from discriminating against or harassing employees because of union membership, there are credible reports from union officials of employer retribution against union organizers, including firing workers, that is not prevented effectively or remedied in practice. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Bob Barker | People underestimate television viewers, I think. I think that they are much more discriminating, much more tasteful than people give them credit for being. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | As the arrangement referred to, however, did not embrace the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, discriminating duties to the prejudice of American shipping continue to be levied there. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Our pension laws should give more adequate and discriminating relief to the Union soldiers and sailors and to their widows and orphans. |
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| "Discriminating" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.36% of the time. "Discriminating" is used about 188 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.36% | 168 | 24,050 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 10.64% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 188 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "discriminating": discriminating circuit ♦ discriminating monopoly ♦ discriminating ringing ♦ discriminating satellite exchange ♦ discriminating selector ♦ discriminating selector repeater ♦ discriminating selector working ♦ discriminating tariff ♦ language or discriminating digit ♦ multiple discriminating ringing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "discriminating": non-discriminating. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
discriminating general | 10 |
discriminating moe peeping | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "discriminating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | diskriminues (discriminative, discriminatory), me aftësi dalluese (discriminative), i diferencuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فارق (difference, disparity, distinction), متميز (discrete, distinct, distinguished, elegance, eminence, featured, genteel, peculiar, separate, special), متحامل (prejudiced), تفاضلي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вещ (adept, canny, expert, object, proficient, scientific, skilful, skilled, sophisticated, thing), отличителен (differential, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, outstanding, racy), проницателен (acute, argus-eyed, astute, clairvoyant, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminative, long-headed, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sagacious, sharp-sighted, shrewd, wise), изтънчен (cool, dainty, delicate, fastidious, fine, polished, polite, refined, subtle, urbane), дискриминиращ (discriminative, discriminatory), диференциален (differential, fluxional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 歧视 (Discriminate, Discriminated, Discrimination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | diskriminující (discriminatory), nároèný (arduous, challenging, demanding, discerning, exacting, hard, serious, severe, sophisticated, stiff), kritický (acute, critical, crucial, discerning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | diskriminerende monopol (discriminating monopoly), discriminating selector (discriminating selector), diferentieret ringning (differentiated ringing, discriminating ringing), sprog-eller diskriminationsciffer (language or discriminating digit), registerløs central (discriminating satellite exchange), omstyringsvælger med medløbsfunktion (discriminating selector repeater), funktion med blindbelægning af omstyring (discriminating selector working), forskellige typer ringning (differentiated ringing, discriminating ringing), flere forskellige typer ringning (multiple discriminating ringing), calciums diskriminerende virkning paa strontiumoptagelsen er let at erkende : hvor Ca indholdet i vandet er hoejt, akkumuleres kun lidt strontium i fiskenes skelet (the discriminating effect which calcium has on strontium uptake ( discrimination factor ) is clearly apparent : where the Ca content of water is high, there is little accumulation of radiostrontium in the skeleton of fish), analysekredsløb (discriminating circuit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | discriminerende selector (discriminating selector), de discriminerende werking van calcium op de strontiumincorporatie blijkt duidelijk : bij een hoog Ca-gehalte van het water wordt slechts weinig radioactief strontium in het visskelet opgehoopt (the discriminating effect which calcium has on strontium uptake ( discrimination factor ) is clearly apparent : where the Ca content of water is high, there is little accumulation of radiostrontium in the skeleton of fish), verschillend belsignaal (differentiated ringing, discriminating ringing), verschillend bellen (differentiated ringing, discriminating ringing), trunk-discriminator (trunk discriminating equipment), taal-of discriminatiedigit (language or discriminating digit), PBAX-discriminator (trunk discriminating equipment), meervoudig verschillend bellen (multiple discriminating ringing), intelligente satellietcommunicatie-centrale (discriminating satellite exchange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulevan puhelun tyypin erotteleva hälytysääni (differentiated ringing, discriminating ringing), toistava erotteluvalitsija (discriminating selector repeater), suorat ulkopuhelut estävä laitteisto (trunk discriminating equipment), sokkovarauskäyttö (discriminating selector working), monta erilaista hälytysäänityyppiä (multiple discriminating ringing), kieli-tai erotusmerkki (language or discriminating digit), erotteluvalitsin (discriminating selector), erottelualikeskus (discriminating satellite exchange), apuvalitsin (discriminating selector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | différentiel (different, differential), plein de discernement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | urteilsfähig (competent to judge, discerning, judicious), benachteiligend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λεπτολόγοσ (caviller, finicky, meticulous, particular, pernickety, prim, scrupulous, squeamish), οξυδερκήσ (clear-sighted, far sighted, perceptive, perspicacious, statesmanlike), διαφορικόσ (differential), δυνάμενοσ να διακρίνει. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megkülönböztető (discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive), jó ítélőképességű (discerning, perceptive), ismertető (guide, reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | distintivo (badge, button, distinctive, insignias), discriminante (discriminant), perspicace (acute, astute, discerning, judicious, observant, percipient, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, shrewd, subtle), acuto (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cute, discerning, high, high note, high pitched, incisive, intense, keen, lancinating, lurid, nasty, neat, penetrating, piercing, piping, poignant, pointed, severe, sharp, shrewd, shrill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감별. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | teiyagh (choosey, discretionary), lhiettrimagh (hinder, lumbersome, obstructive, prejudicial), geyre-chooishagh (alert, astute, sharp-witted, shrewd, subtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iscriminatingday distinto (articulate, cleanly cut, clear, different, discrete, discriminate, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, genteel, gentlemanly, grand, great, image, neat, net, nice, noted, plain, precise, stylish, unlike, well-marked), discriminador (discriminative, discriminatory), separar (branch, break, Buddle, calve, cluster of islands, detach, disassemble, disband, disconnected, disembogue, disengage, disesteem, disintegrate, disjoint, dispart, dissever, dissociation, disunity, divide, divvy, insulate, isolated, keep assembly lines rolling, outbreak, part, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sort, sort out, sunder, uncouple, unleash, unlink, wean), judicioso (clearheaded, judicial, judiciary, judicious, prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sententious, shrewd, well-judged, wise, wizard), caraterístico (characteristic, discriminator, discriminatory, distinctively, like, peculiar, proper, rightdown, typical), característico (characteristic, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, like, peculiar, proper, rightdown, typical). (various references) distinctiv (characteristic, differential, discriminative, distinctive), discriminatoriu, diferenţial (differential), preferenţial (preferential), fin (beautiful, choice, delicate, delicately, excellent, fine, fine-drawn, finely, fine-spun, godchild, godson, gossamer, graceful, keen, nice, penetrating, quick, refined, select, sharp, shrewd, slender, soft, spidery, subtile, subtly, tenuous). (various references) отличительный (discriminatory, distinctive, distinguishing), дифференциальный (differential). (various references) koji zapaža razlike (discriminate), koji razlikuje (discriminative). (various references) discriminante (discriminate), discriminal, discernidor (discriminatory, nice), perspicaz (acute, astute, clear-sighted, discerning, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perceptual, percipient, perspicacious, quick-sighted, sharp, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrewd, subtle), fino (choice, dainty, delicate, fine, gaunt, genteel, gossamer, ladylike, lean, nice, polished, refined, semiprecious, sharp, sheer, shrewd, slender, suave, subtil, subtile, subtle, thin). (various references) skarpsinnig (acuate, acute, astute, discerning, discriminative, discriminatory, infenious, keen, long-headed, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp-witted), särskiljande (distinguishing). (various references) seçici (choosing, picky, selecting, selective, selector), farkı görebilen, fark gözeten (discriminative, discriminatory, respecter), ayrıcalık yapan (discriminative, discriminatory, respecter), ayıran (dividing, parting, selective), ayırıcı (diacritic, disjunctive, distinctive, selector, separator, sizer, sorter, trap). (various references) що вмі" розрізняти (discerning, discriminative), відмітний (definitive, differential, discriminative, distinguishing), дискримінаційний, диференційований. (various references) sáng suốt sai biệt, có óc phán đoán (discriminative, discriminatory, head), biết suy xét (discriminate, discriminative, discriminatory), biết phân biệt (discriminatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "discriminating": discriminatingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "discriminating": indiscriminating, undiscriminating. (additional references) | |
Words containing "discriminating": indiscriminatingly. (additional references) | |
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"Discriminating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disciminating, discriminatino. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "discriminating" (pronounced di'skri"munā'ting) |
| 10 | -k r i" m u n ā' t i ng | incriminating. |
| 8 | -i" m u n ā' t i ng | eliminating. |
| 7 | -m u n ā' t i ng | contaminating, culminating, disseminating, dominating, emanating, exterminating, illuminating, laminating, nominating, predominating, terminating. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t i ng | alienating, assassinating, chlorinating, coordinating, decaffeinating, detonating, fascinating, hydrogenating, impersonating, originating, procrastinating, rejuvenating, resonating, subordinating, urinating. |
| 5 | -n ā' t i ng | alternating, designating, donating, stagnating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alleviating, allocating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contemplating, cooperating, corroborating, cultivating, debilitating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deteriorating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, disintegrating, dissipating, domesticating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, illustrating, imitating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stimulating, stipulating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-g-i-i-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: discriminant. | |
-3 letters: criminating, distraining, gramicidins, mistraining. | |
-4 letters: discanting, distaining, distancing, gramicidin, indicating, mistracing. | |
-5 letters: animistic, citrinins, digastric, disarming, disrating, imagistic, indicants, indicting, intrinsic, misacting, misciting, misdating, misrating, nitriding, straining, stranding, trainings. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-g-i-i-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: discriminatingly, indiscriminating, undiscriminating. | |
+4 letters: indiscriminatingly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 72 69 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -.-. .-. .. -- .. -. .- - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c r i m i n a t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 0072 0069 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856984757975806786758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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