Distance meaning
An example of distance is five feet between two tables.
An example of distance is the difference between two sides of an issue.
At a distance of 11 years, his memory of the crime was blurry.
The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was last month.
The challenger had never attempted the distance of 12 rounds.
An example of to distance is to stop talking to a certain friend, to distance yourself from your friend.
The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.
A land of few hills and great distances.
At a distance of 11 years, his memory of the crime was blurry.
The challenger had never attempted the distance of 12 rounds.
The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was last month.
The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.
The distance between Paris and Rome.
The distance between wealth and poverty.
Away in the distance.
At this distance we cannot know Neanderthal man.
To train as a distance runner.
A land of few hills and great distances.
We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.
The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.
The distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
- To last through an activity; specif., to pitch an entire baseball game without being replaced.
- To be reserved or cool toward; treat aloofly.
- To be or remain aloof or reserved.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of distance
- 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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