To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
Infinitivedistinguish
Past simpledistinguished
Past participledistinguished
-ing formdistinguishing
Full conjugation of the English verb to distinguish (past simple distinguished,
past participle distinguished):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
distinguish
you
distinguish
he/she/it
distinguishes
we
distinguish
you
distinguish
they
distinguish
Present continuous
I
am distinguishing
you
are distinguishing
he/she/it
is distinguishing
we
are distinguishing
you
are distinguishing
they
are distinguishing
Present perfect
I
have distinguished
you
have distinguished
he/she/it
has distinguished
we
have distinguished
you
have distinguished
they
have distinguished
Present perfect continuous
I
have been distinguishing
you
have been distinguishing
he/she/it
has been distinguishing
we
have been distinguishing
you
have been distinguishing
they
have been distinguishing
Past simple
I
distinguished
you
distinguished
he/she/it
distinguished
we
distinguished
you
distinguished
they
distinguished
Past continuous
I
was distinguishing
you
were distinguishing
he/she/it
was distinguishing
we
were distinguishing
you
were distinguishing
they
were distinguishing
Past perfect
I
had distinguished
you
had distinguished
he/she/it
had distinguished
we
had distinguished
you
had distinguished
they
had distinguished
Past perfect continuous
I
had been distinguishing
you
had been distinguishing
he/she/it
had been distinguishing
we
had been distinguishing
you
had been distinguishing
they
had been distinguishing
Future simple
I
will distinguish
you
will distinguish
he/she/it
will distinguish
we
will distinguish
you
will distinguish
they
will distinguish
Future continuous
I
will be distinguishing
you
will be distinguishing
he/she/it
will be distinguishing
we
will be distinguishing
you
will be distinguishing
they
will be distinguishing
Future perfect
I
will have distinguished
you
will have distinguished
he/she/it
will have distinguished
we
will have distinguished
you
will have distinguished
they
will have distinguished
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been distinguishing
you
will have been distinguishing
he/she/it
will have been distinguishing
we
will have been distinguishing
you
will have been distinguishing
they
will have been distinguishing
Conditional
Present
I
would distinguish
you
would distinguish
he/she/it
would distinguish
we
would distinguish
you
would distinguish
they
would distinguish
Present continuous
I
would be distinguishing
you
would be distinguishing
he/she/it
would be distinguishing
we
would be distinguishing
you
would be distinguishing
they
would be distinguishing
Perfect
I
would have distinguished
you
would have distinguished
he/she/it
would have distinguished
we
would have distinguished
you
would have distinguished
they
would have distinguished
Perfect continuous
I
would have been distinguishing
you
would have been distinguishing
he/she/it
would have been distinguishing
we
would have been distinguishing
you
would have been distinguishing
they
would have been distinguishing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
distinguish
that you
distinguish
that he/she/it
distinguish
that we
distinguish
that you
distinguish
that they
distinguish
Past
if I
distinguished
if you
distinguished
if he/she/it
distinguished
if we
distinguished
if you
distinguished
if they
distinguished
Imperative
Affirmative
you
distinguish
we
let's distinguish
Negative
you
don't distinguish
we
let's not distinguish
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to distinguish
Perfect infinitive
to have distinguished
Present participle / gerund
distinguishing
Past participle
distinguished
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