Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with distinguished in American Collocation
distinguished
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
very
eminently
exceptionally
highly
The book is written by a team of highly distinguished academics.
known by people around the world
internationally
The project is led by two internationally distinguished historians.
academic
academic
professor
scholar
teacher
economist, historian, scientist etc
Professor Scruton is a distinguished academic, author, and composer.
expert
actor
architect
artist
conductor
expert
lawyer
musician
painter
philospher
statesman
writer
Temirkanov is one of the world’s most distinguished conductors and musicians.
person who attends an event
guest
speaker
visitor
They invited a wide variety of distinguished speakers to the conference.
life or work
career
history
past
record
She went on to have a long and distinguished career in politics.
opinion that people have
reputation
Professor Davis enjoys a very distinguished reputation as a historian of religion.