Distance
verb'dɪstəns
Noun
size of the gap between two places
“the distance from New York to Chicago”
Similar:LengthType of:Sizethe interval between two times
“the distance from birth to death”
Similar:SpaceType of:Intervalindifference by personal withdrawal
“emotional distance”
Similar:AloofnessType of:Indifferencea 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:Pointa distant region
“I could see it in the distance”
Type of:RegionPartthe property created by the space between two objects or points
Type of:Spacing
Verb
go far ahead of
“He outdistanced the other runners”
Similar:OutdistanceOutstripkeep at a distance
“we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living”
Type of:KeepHoldMaintain
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