different

different
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W1S1 [ˈdıfərənt] adj
[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: différer; DIFFER]
1.) not like something or someone else, or not like before
≠ ↑similar different from
▪ Our sons are very different from each other.
different to
▪ Her jacket's different to mine.
different than AmE
▪ He seemed different than he did in New York.
▪ The place looks completely different now.
▪ They decided to try a radically different approach.
▪ We found women had significantly different political views from men.
▪ a slightly different way of doing things
▪ What actually happened was subtly different from the PR people's version.
▪ The show is refreshingly different from most exhibitions of modern art.
▪ The publishing business is no different from any other business in this respect.
▪ It's a different world here in London.
2.) [only before noun]
used to talk about two or more separate things of the same basic kind
= ↑various
▪ Different people reacted in different ways .
different types/kinds etc
▪ There are many different types of fabric.
▪ I looked in lots of different books but couldn't find anything about it.
3.) [only before noun]
another
▪ I think she's moved to a different job now.
4.) spoken unusual, often in a way that you do not like
▪ 'What did you think of the film?' 'Well, it was certainly different.'
>differently adv
▪ I didn't expect to be treated any differently from anyone else.
▪ Things could have turned out quite differently.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
very/quite different
completely/totally/entirely different
radically different (=very different)
significantly/markedly different (=different in a very noticeable way)
slightly different
subtly different (=different in a way that is not easy to notice)
refreshingly different (=different in a good way)
no different (from/to something)
a different world (=a very different situation or environment)
HINT sense 1
In spoken British English, different from and different to are both common, but teachers prefer different from . Different than is also used in American English and occasionally in British English. Do not say different of .
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