distance
IPA: dˈɪstʌns
noun
- The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- Length or interval of time.
- (informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
- Remoteness of place; a remote place.
- Remoteness in succession or relation.
- A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
- (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
- (uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
- The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
- The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
verb
- (transitive, also reflexive) To move away (from) someone or something.
- (transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
- (transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.
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