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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin distantia (“distance, remoteneness, difference”), from distans, present participle of distare (“to stand apart, be separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stare (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

distance (countable and uncountable; plural distances)

  1. (countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
    The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.
    There is a long distance between Moscow and Vladivostok.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of space to the objective.
    He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.
  3. (uncountable, figuratively) A considerable amount of space.
    The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.

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Verb

distance (third-person singular simple present distances, present participle distancing, simple past and past participle distanced)

  1. (transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.
    He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
  2. (transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 71:
      Then the horse, with muscles strong as steel, distanced the sound.

Translations

move away
  • Macedonian: се оддалечува (mk) (se oddaléčuva), се раздалечува (mk) (se razdaléčuva), се дистанцира (mk) (se distancíra)
  • Polish: dystansować się
  • Portuguese: distanciar-se, afastar-se
  • Romanian: distanța
  • Spanish: alejar-se
  • Swedish: distansera (sv) sig, avlägsna (sv) sig
  • Telugu: దూరం చేసుకొను (te) (dooram chEsukonu)

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Etymology

From French distance.

Pronunciation

Noun

distance c. (singular definite distancen, plural indefinite distancer)

  1. distance
  2. detachment

Inflection

Inflection of distance
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative distance distancen distancer distancerne
genitive distances distancens distancers distancernes

French

Pronunciation

Noun

distance f. (plural distances)

  1. distance

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