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Definition: Discriminative |
DiscriminativeAdjective1. Capable of making fine distinctions. 2. Expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discriminative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonyms: DiscriminativeSynonyms: discriminatory (adj), judicial (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Other, another, not the same; unequal. unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic; discriminative; distinguishing. |
Discrimination | Adjective: discriminating; Verb: dioristic, discriminative, distinctive; nice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Discriminative |
| English words defined with "discriminative": civilise, civilize, cultivate ♦ discriminative stimulus ♦ educate ♦ school ♦ train. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "discriminative": passenger categories. (references) |
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| "Discriminative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Discriminative" is used about 18 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) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "discriminative": discriminative stimulus. Additional references. | |
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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 |
discriminative stimulus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "discriminative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | diskriminues (discriminating, discriminatory), dallues (discerning, distinctive, outgoing), me aftësi dalluese (discriminating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مميز (characteristic, diacritical, differential, discerning, discriminatory, distinctive, distinguishing, judicial, peculiar, perceptive, percipient, special, specific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отличителен (differential, discriminating, discriminatory, distinctive, outstanding, racy), проницателен (acute, argus-eyed, astute, clairvoyant, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, long-headed, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sagacious, sharp-sighted, shrewd, wise), дискриминиращ (discriminating, discriminatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 有差别. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | diskriminaèní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | selektiv beskyttelse (discriminative protection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | selectieve beveiliging (discriminative protection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | selektiivinen suoja (discriminative protection), relesuojaus (discriminative protection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | différend (difference of opinion, differentially, differing, disagreement, discord, dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unterschiedlich (different, differential, differentially, differently, dissimilar, diverse, mixed, patchy, unequal, uneven, variable, variably, variant, varied, varying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διακριτικόσ (considerate, diacritical, discreet, discriminate, discriminatory, distinctive), διακρίνων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megkülönböztető (discriminating, discriminatory, distinctive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protezione selettiva (discriminative protection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iscriminativeday discriminador (discriminating, discriminatory), diferença (change over, chasm, contrast, deviation, difference, dissemblance, distinction, earmark, variation), característico (characteristic, discriminating, discriminatory, distinctive, like, peculiar, proper, rightdown, typical). (various references) distinctiv (characteristic, differential, discriminating, distinctive), caracteristic (characteristic, distinctive, exemplary, peculiar, proper, representative, typical). (various references) отчетливый (discriminate, distinct, distinctive, sharp, sharp cut, well-marked). (various references) koji razlikuje (discriminating). (various references) discriminatorio (discriminatory). (various references) diskriminerande (discriminatory), urskiljande (discriminatory), skarpsinnig (acuate, acute, astute, discerning, discriminating, discriminatory, infenious, keen, long-headed, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp-witted), skarp (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acuate, acute, bitter, caustic, cutting, discriminatory, edgy, emphatic, fulminant, glaring, hot, in focus, incisive, keen, lurid, penetrating, perceptive, pungent, quick, salty, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, smart). (various references) fark gözeten (discriminating, discriminatory, respecter), ayrım yapan (differential, discriminatory), ayrıcalık yapan (discriminating, discriminatory, respecter), ayırt edebilen (discriminatory). (various references) що вмі" розрізняти (discerning, discriminating), відмітний (definitive, differential, discriminating, distinguishing), диференціальний (differential). (various references) tách bạch biết phân biệt (discriminate), sáng suốt (discerning, discriminate, discriminatory, insightful, judicious, perspicacious), rõ r ng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, explicit, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, patently, plain, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, transparent, visibly, well-marked), có óc phán đoán (discriminating, discriminatory, head), biết suy xét (discriminate, discriminating, discriminatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-i-i-m-n-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: discriminate. | |
-3 letters: indicatives, rancidities. | |
-4 letters: acridities, administer, criminated, criminates, dieticians, divinities, indicative, intimacies, matricides, minacities, mistrained, recidivism, recidivist, vicinities, victimised, vindicates, viridities. | |
-5 letters: acidities, acridines, actinides, aminities, andesitic, animistic, anticrime, aridities, armistice, avidities, cretinism, criminate, diametric, dicentras, dietician, disinvite, indicates, indicters, matricide, meridians, miscreant, misdirect, misdriven, mistraced, miticides, navicerts, raticides, reindicts, timecards, vaticides, victimise. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 72 69 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -.-. .-. .. -- .. -. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c r i m i n a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 0072 0069 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856984757975806786758871 |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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