different

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
  2. adjective distinctly separate from the first
  3. adjective differing from all others; not ordinary

Etymology

From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).

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