distinctive mark

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctiveandmark

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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mark
noun
uk
/mɑːk/us
/mɑːrk/
a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in ...
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(Definition ofdistinctiveandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistinctive mark

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Thedistinctivemarkof both speech and dialogue is their communication structure.
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This key person is not expected to set hisdistinctivemarkon the performance of a play or tell actors what they should do.
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Nowadays moaning about the present state and the future prospects of the discipline seems to be thedistinctivemarkof economic historians.
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Thisdistinctivemarkis a very important one for the purpose.
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I do riot think there is any provision for insisting that the absent voter's name on the ordinary lists shall have adistinctivemark.
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In the 1950s the black polo neck became adistinctivemarkof existentialists.
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An inherentlydistinctivemarkis the easiest to register, as it has no prior meaning.
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Thedistinctivemarkwill be a diamond, 3-1/2 inches long by two inches wide, of any cloth material.
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She learned how to read, write, and do math, but also music, especially how to play the piano, adistinctivemarkof a real lady.
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In the past, this design of the cross was often used in ecclesiastical heraldry as adistinctivemarkof his office.
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The males have adistinctivemarkand a light yellowish colour base with black streaks starting from clavus to the forewing.
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Thedistinctivemarkof an impact crater is the presence of rock that has undergone shock-metamorphic effects, such as shatter cones, melted rocks, and crystal deformations.
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In the ancient world the chair, on a raised dais, was thedistinctivemarkof a teacher or rhetor and thus symbolises the bishop's role as teacher.
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