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distance

[ dis-tuhns ]
/ ˈdɪs təns /
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noun
verb (used with object), dis·tanced, dis·tanc·ing.
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Idioms about distance

Origin of distance

1250–1300; Middle English <Latin distantia, equivalent to distant- (see distant) + -ia-y3; replacing Middle English destaunce<Anglo-French

OTHER WORDS FROM distance

dis·tance·less, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for distance

distance
/ (ˈdɪstəns) /

noun
verb (tr)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with distance

distance

see go the distance; keep one's distance; spitting distance.

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