English dictionary
distance
/'d/I/st/@/ns/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the property created by the space between two objects or points
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a distant region
ExamplesI could see it in the distance.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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size of the gap between two places
ExamplesThe distance from New York to Chicago.
Synonyms lengthSource: WordNet 3.0
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indifference by personal withdrawal
ExamplesEmotional distance.
Synonyms aloofnessSource: WordNet 3.0
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the interval between two times
ExamplesThe distance from birth to death.
Synonyms spaceSource: WordNet 3.0
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a remote point in time
ExamplesIf 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: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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keep at a distance
ExamplesWe have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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go far ahead of
ExamplesHe outdistanced the other runners.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To place at a distance or remotely.
Source: webster1913