Distance

  • 21distance — [[t]dɪ̱stəns[/t]] ♦♦ distances, distancing, distanced 1) N VAR: with supp, oft N between pl n The distance between two points or places is the amount of space between them. ...the distance between the island and the nearby shore... Everything is… …

    English dictionary

  • 22distance — 1 noun (C, U) 1 HOW FAR the amount of space between two places or things: short/long distance: Sylvia could only run a short distance without getting out of breath. (+ from): What s the distance from Chicago to Detroit? | at a distance of 5… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23DISTANCE — s. f. L espace, l intervalle d un lieu à un autre, d un objet à un autre. La distance des lieux. La distance d une ville à l autre. On doit, en écrivant, mettre une certaine distance entre les mots. Les distances que des soldats gardent entre eux …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 24DISTANCE — n. f. Intervalle d’un lieu à un autre, d’un objet à un autre, d’une personne à une autre. La distance d’une ville à l’autre, la distance entre ces deux endroits. J’étais à quelque distance de lui. à une grande distance. à égale distance les uns… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25distance — n. & v. n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two things. b the length of this (a distance of twenty miles). 3 a distant point or place (came from a distance). 4 the avoidance of familiarity; aloofness;… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26Distance — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « distance », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sur les autres projets Wikimedia  …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 27distance — distanceless, adj. /dis teuhns/, n., v., distanced, distancing. n. 1. the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. 2. the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. 3. a linear extent …

    Universalium

  • 28distance*/*/*/ — [ˈdɪstəns] noun [C/U] I the amount of space between two people or things the distance from the Earth to the sun[/ex] They started to walk the short distance to the camp.[/ex] The house is within walking distance of the university.[/ex] We watched …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29distance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measure of interval Nouns 1. distance, remoteness, farness, long way; offing, background; perspective, parallax; reach, span, stride; measurement; separation, disjunction; interstellar or intergalactic… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 30distance — 01. What is the exact [distance] between San Francisco and San Diego? 02. He travelled in [distant] lands for many years. 03. Last year s accident is now, thankfully, a [distant] memory. 04. When she finally saw her father, he seemed [distant]… …

    Grammatical examples in English