noun

distance

distance, remoteness, gap

What is the distance to the station?

What is the distance to the station?

There was a distance in her manner.

There was a distance in her manner.

I saw a ship in the distance.

I saw a ship in the distance.

the ((distance)) ((between A and B)) the amount of space between two places What is the distance to the station?

in the ((distance)) far away but able to be seen or heard I saw a ship in the distance.

Synonyms: gap, space, interval, remoteness; Antonyms: closeness, proximity, nearness

From Latin `distantia` meaning 'a standing apart', from `dis-` (apart) + `stare` (to stand).

Imagine two people taking a 'stance' that is 'di-' (apart from) each other.

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