distanced

Variant of distance

distance definition

dis·tance (dis′təns)

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being separated or removed in space or time; remoteness
  2. a gap, space, or interval between two points, lines, objects, etc.
  3. an interval between two points in time
  4. the length of a line between two points the distance between Paris and Rome
  5. a remoteness in relationship; dissimilarity; disparity the distance between wealth and poverty
  6. a remoteness in behavior; coolness of manner; reserve
  7. a remote point in space away in the distance
  8. a faraway point of time at this distance we cannot know Neanderthal man
  9. Painting the depicting of distance, as in a landscape
  10. Horse Racing a space that is a certain distance back from the finish line: in order to be qualified for future heats, a horse must have reached this space by the time the winner has completed the course

Etymology: ME distaunce < OFr distance < L distantia < distans, prp. of distare, to stand apart < dis-, apart + stare, stand

transitive verb distanced -·tanced, distancing -·tanc·ing

  1. to place or hold at some distance
    1. to place (oneself) at an emotional distance from something
    2. to cause to be at a mental or emotional distance from an audience, reader, etc.
  3. to do better or more than; leave behind; outdo; outdistance
distance Idioms

go the distance

to last through an activity; specif., to pitch an entire baseball game without being replaced

keep at a distance

to be reserved or cool toward; treat aloofly

keep one's distance

to be or remain aloof or reserved

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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