distance
Nouns
- (n) the property created by the space between two objects or points
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(n) a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
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(n) size of the gap between two places
- the distance from New York to Chicago
- he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points
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(n) indifference by personal withdrawal
- emotional distance
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(n) the interval between two times
- the distance from birth to death
- it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) keep at a distance
- we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
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(v) go far ahead of
- He outdistanced the other runners