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distance
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] and uninterested in her.
05. I am [distantly] related to a famous gangster of the 1920s.
06. The [distance] is much too far to walk.
07. Richard's wife is [distantly] related to Yoko Ono, wife of Beatle John Lennon.
08. The young boy followed the girls at a [distance], trying to get up the courage to speak to them.
09. The young man tried to [distance] himself from the racist comments made by his father.
10. Denis Diderot once remarked that [distance] is a great promoter of admiration.
11. There is an Omaha Indian proverb which states that it is easy to be brave from a [distance].
12. There is a Rwandan proverb which observes that you can [outdistance] that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.
13. Victor Borge once said that laughter is the shortest [distance] between two people.
14. A charging elephant can reach a speed of 25 miles per hour for a short [distance].
15. There is a kind of bird that migrates a total [distance] of almost 25,000 miles every year.
16. The last words of John Sedgewick before being shot were, "Nonsense, they couldn't hit an elephant at this [distance]."

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  • distance — [ distɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1223; lat. distantia 1 ♦ Longueur qui sépare une chose d une autre. ⇒ 1. écart, écartement, éloignement, 1. espace, étendue, intervalle. Distance entre deux lieux. Distance d un point à un autre, de la Terre à la Lune. Évaluer …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Every particle attracts …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • distance — [dis′təns] n. [ME distaunce < OFr distance < L distantia < distans, prp. of distare, to stand apart < dis , apart + stare, STAND] 1. the fact or condition of being separated or removed in space or time; remoteness 2. a gap, space, or… …   English World dictionary

  • distance — DISTANCE. s. fém. L espace, l intervalle d un lieu à un autre. La distance des lieux. La distance d une ville à l autre. [b]f♛/b] On le dit aussi Du temps. La distance des temps. Il y a une grande distance depuis l Empire des Assyriens jusqu à l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • distance — DISTANCE. s. f. L espace, l intervalle qu il y a d un lieu à un autre. La distance des lieux. la distance qu il y a d un lieu à un autre. On le dit aussi du temps. La distance des temps. il y a une grande distance depuis l Empire des Assiriens… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • distancé — distancé, ée (di stan sé, sée) adj. Dépassé à la course. Ce cheval d abord distancé par les autres coureurs.    Fig. Distancé dans la carrière des honneurs par des compétiteurs plus heureux.    Absolument. Un cheval distancé. Vous serez distancé …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Distance — Dis tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distancing}.] 1. To place at a distance or remotely. [1913 Webster] I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to appear as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Distance (EP) — Distance EP by Antagonist A.D Released 2007 Genre M …   Wikipedia

  • distance — ► NOUN 1) the length of the space between two points. 2) the condition of being far off; remoteness. 3) a far off point or place. 4) an interval of time or relation. 5) the full length or time of a race or other contest. 6) Brit. Horse Racing a… …   English terms dictionary

  • distance — [n1] interval, range absence, ambit, amplitude, area, bit, breadth, compass, country mile*, expanse, extension, extent, farness, far piece*, gap, good ways*, heavens, hinterland, horizon, lapse, length, objective, orbit, outpost, outskirts,… …   New thesaurus

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