0 clearly noticeable; that certainly exists: --
There's a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.
3 not to be ignored; real and present: --
There were distinct advantages to the first job offer.
There’s a distinct possibility of rain today.
The ideological relation to the mode of production and the mode of production itself are analytically distinct.
The different cell lines were from distinct donors and karyotypically normal.
Researchers suspect that there are even more distinct subsets of autism patients.
Lovers necessarily remain distinct individuals who in loving each other should acknowledge and respect each other's separate identity.
In fact there were two quite distinct areas of conflict.
We are distinct individuals, each living his own life, each responsible for what he does.
In order to establish a personal relationship therefore necessarily involves two distinct persons.
In the absence of pressure from women members, the party could safely ignore women as a distinct group.
