- distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points
--1 is a kind of spacing, spatial arrangement
--1 has particulars:- distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
--2 is a kind of region, part
- distance, length - size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
--3 is a kind of size
--3 has particulars:leg; arm's length; gauge; light time; skip distance; wingspan, wingspread; wingspread; altitude - distance, aloofness - indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
--4 is a kind of indifference
Derived form: verb distance1 - distance, space - the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
--5 is a kind of time interval, interval
- distance - a remote point in time; "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"
--6 is a kind of point, point in time
- distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
- distance - keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
--1 is one way to keep, maintain, hold
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun distance4
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- outdistance, outstrip, distance - go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"
--2 is one way to leave behind
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody