tell apart
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Pronunciation
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Verb
tell apart (third-person singular simple present tells apart, present participle telling apart, simple past and past participle told apart)
- (idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
- They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.
- Can you tell Tom (apart) from his twin brother?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tell apart
Translations
to distinguish
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