DICTOMETER

DISTANCE

(distance, alejamiento, distancia, lontananza, trecho, avstand, bakgrunn, distanse, strekning)

1. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   Definitions:
   • the property created by the space between two objects or points
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   Definitions:
   • a distant region
   Examples:
   • I could see it in the distance
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   • Length
   Definitions:
   • size of the gap between two places
   Examples:
   • The distance from New York to Chicago
   • He determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   • Aloofness
   Definitions:
   • indifference by personal withdrawal
   Examples:
   • Emotional distance
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   • Space
   Definitions:
   • the interval between two times
   Examples:
   • The distance from birth to death
   • It all happened in the space of 10 minutes
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Distance
   Definitions:
   • keep at a distance
   Examples:
   • We have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Outdistance
   • Outstrip
   • Distance
   Definitions:
   • go far ahead of
   Examples:
   • He outdistanced the other runners