English to English
distance
('d/I/st/@/ns
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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.
source: wordnet30 - indifference by personal withdrawal(noun.feeling)Example:
Emotional distance.
source: wordnet30 - the interval between two times(noun.time)Example:
The distance from birth to death.
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.
source: wordnet30 - To place at a distance or remotely.(verb)source: webster1913