Distance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdɪstəns|  American pronunciation of the word distance
Brit.  |ˈdɪst(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word distance

noun

- the property created by the space between two objects or points
- a distant region
I could see it in the distance
- size of the gap between two places (syn: length)
the distance from New York to Chicago
- indifference by personal withdrawal (syn: aloofness)
emotional distance
- the interval between two times (syn: space)
the distance from birth to death
- 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

verb

- keep at a distance
we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
- go far ahead of (syn: outdistance, outstrip)
He outdistanced the other runners

Extra examples

What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?

The gas station is a short distance away.

Speed is measured in time and distance.

She kept the children a safe distance from the road.

The sign was hard to read from a distance.

We followed them at a distance.

She feels a distance from her brother that wasn't there before.

Although they were once good friends, there was now considerable distance between them.

He wants to put distance between himself and his former boss.

The mistake I conceive to have been an effect of mental distance.

Chaucer takes great pains to distance himself as narrator from the action of the poem.

Measure the distance between the two points.

The cottage is some distance (=quite a long distance) from the road.

A shark can smell blood at a distance of half a kilometer.

Some members travelled a considerable distance to attend the meeting.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: distance
he/she/it: distances
present participle: distancing
past tense: distanced
past participle: distanced
noun
singular: distance
plural: distances
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