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| characteristic |
unique or distinctive. [1/3 definitions] |
| distinctive |
If something is distinctive, it serves to make a thing or person different from others or special in some way. If a certain type of bird has distinctive stripes, for example, you can tell that it is that sort of bird because it has those particular stripes. |
| individually |
in a unique and distinctive way. [1/2 definitions] |
| neighborhood |
the part of a town or city in which one lives, or an area in a city or town that is distinctive because a particular community lives there or because the area has a special character. [1/2 definitions] |
| typical |
having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing. [1/2 definitions] |
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