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English Dictionary: Distance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distance
n
  1. the property created by the space between two objects or points
  2. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
  3. 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"
    Synonym(s): distance, length
  4. indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
    Synonym(s): distance, aloofness
  5. the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
    Synonym(s): distance, space
  6. 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"
v
  1. keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
  2. go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"
    Synonym(s): outdistance, outstrip, distance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Distance \Dis"tance\, n. [F. distance, L. distantia.]
      1. The space between two objects; the length of a line,
            especially the shortest line joining two points or things
            that are separate; measure of separation in place.
  
                     Every particle attracts every other with a force . .
                     . inversely proportioned to the square of the
                     distance.                                          --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
  
                     Easily managed from a distance.         --W. Irving.
  
                     'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --T.
                                                                              Campbell.
  
                     [He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.
                                                                              --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distanced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Distancing}.]
      1. To place at a distance or remotely.
  
                     I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
                     distanced thence.                              --Fuller.
  
      2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
            remote.
  
                     His peculiar art of distancing an object to
                     aggrandize his space.                        --H. Miller.
  
      3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see {Distance}, n.,
            3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
  
                     He distanced the most skillful of his
                     contemporaries.                                 --Milner.
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