distant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distant adj separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" Antonym(s): close far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" Synonym(s): distant, remote Antonym(s): close remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" Synonym(s): aloof, distant, upstage separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" Synonym(s): distant, remote, removed located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" Synonym(s): distant, remote
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. --Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. --Shak. 2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. --Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. --Goldsmith. 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Some distant knowledge. --Shak. A distant glimpse. --W. Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.