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[ noun ] the property created by the space between two objects or points
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[ noun ] a distant region
Examples "I could see it in the distance" |
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[ noun ] size of the gap between two places
Synonyms Examples "the distance from New York to Chicago" "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" |
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[ noun ] the interval between two times
Synonyms Examples "the distance from birth to death" "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" |
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[ verb ] keep at a distance
Examples "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" |
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[ noun ] a remote point in time
Examples "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" |
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