Distance Definition
dĭstəns
distanced, distances, distancing
noun
distances
The fact or condition of being separated or removed in space or time; remoteness.
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A gap, space, or interval between two points, lines, objects, etc.
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The length of a line between two points.
The distance between Paris and Rome.
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The length of a race, especially of a horserace.
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A remote point in space.
Away in the distance.
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Synonyms:
verb
distanced, distances, distancing
To place or hold at some distance.
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To cause to be at a mental or emotional distance from an audience, reader, etc.
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To place (oneself) at an emotional distance from something.
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To do better or more than; leave behind; outdo; outdistance.
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To cause to appear at a distance.
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adjective
That covers a middle distance or a long distance.
To train as a distance runner.
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idiom
go the distance
- to last through an activity; specif., to pitch an entire baseball game without being replaced
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keep at a distance
- to be reserved or cool toward; treat aloofly
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keep one's distance
- to be or remain aloof or reserved
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Distance
- go the distance
- keep at a distance
- keep one's distance
Origin of Distance
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin distantia (“distance, remoteneness, difference”), from distāns, present participle of distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stō (“I stand”).
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