Discriminate | Mean of discriminate in English Dictionary

/dɪˈskrɪməˌneɪt/

• Verb
• to unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups
1. The school is not allowed to discriminate.
2. It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds/basis of race/sex. [=it is illegal to treat someone differently because of his or her race/sex]
3. The firm discriminated against him because of his race.
• to notice and understand that one thing is different from another thing
1. He is old enough to discriminate [=distinguish, tell] right from wrong.
2. I can discriminate [=differentiate] the individual voices in the choir.
3. He could discriminate among the birds by their calls.
4. She can discriminate between ripe and unripe fruit by smell alone.