♦ different

♦ different
♦ different /ˈdɪfrənt/
a.
1 differente; diverso: different points of view, punti di vista differenti; very [completely, radically, slightly] different, molto [completamente, radicalmente, leggermente] diverso; totally [vastly] different, totalmente [estremamente] diverso; Jane and I are very different, Jane ed io siamo molto diverse; different from (spec. GB, anche different to; USA anche different than) diverso da; The result is different from what (USA: different than) we expected, il risultato è diverso da quello che ci aspettavamo; Your book's different to mine, il tuo libro è diverso dal mio; We need to find a different way of doing things, dobbiamo trovare un altro modo di fare le cose; That's quite a different matter, è tutt'altra faccenda; è un altro paio di maniche (fig.)
2 diverso, distinto: at different times, in momenti diversi; We tried three different restaurants before finding one that wasn't full, abbiamo provato tre ristoranti diversi prima di trovarne uno che non fosse pieno
3 (fam.) diverso (dagli altri); insolito: I like it because it's different, mi piace perché è diverso; We're looking for something a bit different, cerchiamo qualcosa di un po' insolito
● (fam.) to know different, sapere che le cose non stanno così, che la realtà è diversa □ (prov.) Different strokes for different folks, il mondo è bello perché è vario NOTA D'USO: -diverso-.

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