Word Finder - distance

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The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

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From Moscow, the distance is relatively short to Saint Petersburg, relatively long to Novosibirsk, but even greater to Vladivostok.

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Length or interval of time.

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The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

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We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.  The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.

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Remoteness of place; a remote place.

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Remoteness in succession or relation.

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the distance between a descendant and his ancestor

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A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

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The entire amount of progress to an objective.

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He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.

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A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

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The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.

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The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

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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.

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To move away (from) someone or something.

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He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.

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To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.

She kept her distance from him.

We were sitting together in a hammock which swung from two solemn pines at a short distance from the house.

A horse and rider could cover more distance in a day that the mules could pulling the heavy freight wagons.

A coyote howled in the distance and another answered.

In the distance they were dark and threatening.

His greatest interest obviously lay some distance down that path into the woods.

In reading this letter about Niagara one should remember that Miss Keller knows distance and shape, and that the size of Niagara is within her experience after she has explored it, crossed the bridge and gone down in the elevator.

In the distance, she heard the familiar, unmistakable sound of an explosion.

In the distance, she heard her cell phone ring.

The four men followed them for some distance, and then lost them on the hillside.

Roxanne's house was within walking distance and the night was balmy.

She urged her mount a safe distance away, motioning for Jonathan to follow.

His house was situated seven miles from the office and about the same distance from Betsy and me.

I strolled a discrete distance from her side as we entered the gardens.

He squinted into the distance, scanning the entire horizon.

The safest thing for both of them was for him to keep his distance and remain objective.

The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety cents.

Surely she couldn't be expected to commute that kind of distance on a regular basis.

Somewhere in the distance, a Meadowlark called, its melodic song adding sweetness to the smell of wild roses.

The Deans drove the short distance to the Beaumont to pick up their guest, who was standing outside at the curb waiting for them.

Sound travels funny up there—it echoes, and I was a good distance away.

She approached and knelt a safe distance from him, trying hard to see into the darkness of the corner.

She crossed the short distance to her mate and paused in front of him, breathing in his dark scent.

All the way to the great rock the wooden people followed them, and when Jim finally alighted at the mouth of the cavern the pursuers were still some distance away.

Hearing the heartbreak in her voice, Jule found his resolve to keep his distance melt.

That night they slept under the stars - Bordeaux a respectable distance from her, but close enough to assist if anything went wrong in the night.

She closed the distance between them and hugged her brother.

His eyes slid away to the distance.

The drive from the station to the house, a distance of one mile, was very lovely and restful.

She felt his body heat from the short distance between them and recognized his scent from the sheets.

She stopped a safe distance from him, unable to reconcile the man on the phone with the man before her.

Under the Kin dynasty the walls extended to the south-west of the Tatar portion of the present city, and the foundations of the northern ramparts of the Khan-balik of Kublai Khan are still to be traced at a distance of about 2 m.

Nicholas Rostov turned away and, as if searching for something, gazed into the distance, at the waters of the Danube, at the sky, and at the sun.

The earth in the kitchen garden looked wet and black and glistened like poppy seed and at a short distance merged into the dull, moist veil of mist.

Gabriel crossed to the window and stared at where the dark ocean and night sky met in the distance.

In the distance, she saw the blue of an ocean meet the horizon.

She leaned against the wall, eyeing the distance from her position to the rock on which Rhyn sat.

The trails appeared muddy even from the distance and the air smelled of snow.

She rubbed the lumpy scar on her arm, her attention caught by the sight of a jaguar dropping from a tree branch to the edge of the park and the forest a short distance away.

She walked the short distance into the house and down the hallway, stopping when she reached the doorway.

Kris heard the sickening sound of the demon.s body breaking from the distance and watched the other demons shapeshift to charge the half-demon.

Most importantly, he.d protect Katie by building a world that was safe for her and watching over her from a distance.

Darkyn fell as well, and the walls around the Sanctuary tumbled in the distance.

The youngest skittered away in excitement, crowding each other and whispering a short distance away.

She had been pretty mouthy with him from a distance.

He made no move to close the distance between them.

He moved behind her, keeping within arm's distance.

She shifted her body to face him, but he moved to her side and sat on the bench a safe distance from her.

She wasn't eager to draw his undivided attention, but his distance struck her as unusual, if not yet another rejection.

She'd not yet figured out how to convert their measures of distance to miles.