Distant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdɪstənt|  American pronunciation of the word distant
Brit.  |ˈdɪst(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word distant

adjective

- remote in manner (syn: aloof, upstage)
a distant smile
- separate or apart in time (syn: remote, removed)
distant events
- located far away spatially (syn: remote)
distant lands

Extra examples

In the distant past, dinosaurs roamed the earth.

The day I left home is now a distant memory.

She desired Eleanor to be very distant with him. (H. Wood)

They dream of traveling to distant suns.

...an intense yearning to journey to distant lands...

He inherited a small piece of land from a distant relative.

Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.

I just found out that my best friend and I are related through distant cousins.

Pictures of the distant planet were beamed back to the Earth.

They voyaged to distant lands.

...heard the burr of a distant engine...

Some have conjectured that the distant planet could sustain life.

...dateless artifacts left by an obscure people of the distant past...

The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.

...hearken! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses...

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