have the distinction

1. 1.

   be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic

   “it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town”

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Questions about have the distinction

What does have the distinction mean?

have the distinction means "be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic".

Is have the distinction a common word?

have the distinction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.