Distance

verb
'dɪstəns

Noun

  • size of the gap between two places

    the distance from New York to Chicago

    Similar:Length
    Type of:Size
  • the interval between two times

    the distance from birth to death

    Similar:Space
    Type of:Interval
  • indifference by personal withdrawal

    emotional distance

    Similar:Aloofness
    Type of:Indifference
  • a remote point in time

    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

    Type of:Point
  • a distant region

    I could see it in the distance

    Type of:RegionPart
  • the property created by the space between two objects or points

    Type of:Spacing

Verb

  • go far ahead of

    He outdistanced the other runners

    Similar:OutdistanceOutstrip
  • keep at a distance

    we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living

    Type of:KeepHoldMaintain

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