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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Different \Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. diff['e]rent.] Distinct; separate; not the same; other. ``Five different churches.'' --Addison. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a different kind ▪ Fossils of many different kinds have been found in this site. a different occasion ▪ The same person can react differently on different occasions. a different pattern ▪ There are different patterns ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Different is debut solo- album released in 1989 by Thomas Anders , who first attained success as the lead vocalist for Modern Talking in the mid-'80s. The album was recorded in London at Alan Parsons ' studio and was produced by Gus Dudgeon ( Elton John ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not the same; exhibiting a difference. n. (context mathematics English) The different ideal.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French different (14c.), from Latin differentem (nominative differens ) "differing, different," present participle of differre "to set apart" (see differ ). Colloquial sense of "special" attested by 1912. Related: Differently .

Usage examples of different.

I can assure you I have quite a lot at my disposal all kinds of different spells fee faw fums, mumbo jumbos, abraxas, love potions, he glanced quickly at the queen here and added, though I see you have no need of the last of those, having a very beautiful wife whom you love to distraction.

In a variety of analogous forms in different countries throughout Europe, the patrimonial and absolutist state was the political form required to rule feudal social relations and relations of production.

By comparing many different hairs, it was evident that the glands first absorb the carbonate, and that the effect thus produced travels down the hairs from cell to cell.

We may infer that the carbonate of ammonia is absorbed by the glands, not only from its action being so rapid, but from its effect being somewhat different from that of other salts.

What made the book different from routine, acerbic attacks on the industry was the scholarly thoroughness of its author, Dr.

To begin with, the four different classes were not hereditary but in time they became so, probably led by the Brahmans, whose task of memorising the Vedas was more easily achieved if fathers could begin teaching their sons early on.

Robespierre was attended with fatal consequences to him, and that his justification consisted in acknowledging that his friends were very different from what he had supposed them to be.

That is why he had me arrange to send a different, kind of primrose to the Acme Florists.

Very good: but is it not different before and after acquiring the memory?

Court declared that: After a legislative body has fairly and fully investigated and acted, by fixing what it believes to be reasonable rates, the courts cannot step in and say its action shall be set aside because the courts, upon similar investigation, have come to a different conclusion as to the reasonableness of the rates fixed.

Each of the different cultural groups such as coho, steelhead and sockeye have different times and styles in which they run to spawn in the upland streams, but each of their cultures show a similarity of adaptation to the earth.

Sometimes personal messages were forwarded in multiple copies, by regular interstellar couriers, the service sometimes duplicating and reduplicating the message without reading it, and sending copies on to different places, as often happened when the exact location of the addressee was unknown.

Still, admitting the diversity of the Reason-principles, why need there by as many as there are men born in each Period, once it is granted that different beings may take external manifestation under the presence of the same principles?

Many of the tests specified in the Allen citation to determine the character of ink constituents, if made alone are practically valueless, because the same behavior occurs with different materials employed in the admixture of ink.

He was thinking of something so widely different, being seated, in fact, just opposite to Sara, who, fresh from her afternoon sleep, was looking adorably pensive in her black dress edged with a soft white frill that took a heart-shaped curve in front, just wide enough to show the exquisite hollow in the lower part of her throat.