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distance
('d/I/st/@/ns )

noun (n)

  • the property created by the space between two objects or points(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • a distant region(noun.location)
    Example:
    I could see it in the distance.
    source: wordnet30
  • size of the gap between two places(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The distance from New York to Chicago.
    Synonym:
    length
    source: wordnet30
  • indifference by personal withdrawal(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    Emotional distance.
    Synonym:
    aloofness
    source: wordnet30
  • the interval between two times(noun.time)
    Example:
    The distance from birth to death.
    Synonym:
    space
    source: wordnet30
  • a remote point in time(noun.time)
    Example:
    If that happens it will be at some distance in the future.
    At a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details.
    source: wordnet30
  • The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • keep at a distance(verb.stative)
    Example:
    We have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living.
    source: wordnet30
  • go far ahead of(verb.motion)
    Example:
    He outdistanced the other runners.
    Synonym:
    outdistance, outstrip
    source: wordnet30
  • To place at a distance or remotely.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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