discriminates
Meaning of discriminates
verb, 3rd person present
- recognize a distinction; differentiate.
babies can discriminate between different facial expressions
- make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, sex, age, or disability.
existing employment policies discriminate against women
early 17th century: from Latin discriminat- ‘distinguished between’, from the verb discriminare, from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere (see discern).
Information about discriminates
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of discriminates is: discriminate.
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Hyphenation of discriminates
dis-crim-i-nates
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- discriminates is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
discriminates synonyms
Meaning identify differences between (two or more things or people):
Meaning recognize or treat (someone or something) as different:
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning put at a disadvantage or treat as undesirable:
Meaning single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment:
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