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distant
[dis-tuhnt]
adjective
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed byfrom ).
a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
apart or far off in time.
distant centuries past.
remote or far apart in any respect.
a distant relative.
reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial.
a distant greeting.
arriving from or going to a distance, as a communication, journey, etc..
I have here a distant letter from Japan.
distant
/ ˈdɪstənt /
adjective
far away or apart in space or time
(postpositive) separated in space or time by a specified distance
apart in relevance, association, or relationship
a distant cousin
coming from or going to a faraway place
a distant journey
remote in manner; aloof
abstracted; absent
a distant look
Other Word Forms
- distantly adverb
- distantness noun
- overdistant adjective
- overdistantly adverb
- quasi-distant adjective
- quasi-distantly adverb
- ultradistant adjective
- undistant adjective
- undistantly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of distant1
Example Sentences
Because the comet was so distant, CaSSIS could not separate the nucleus from the coma.
In an attempt to search for distant planets around red dwarfs, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago in the United States, developed a special instrument called MAROON-X.
Many of these are recent highfliers with distant visions of profits.
Opinion polls show the party in a distant third in the popularity stakes.
Bombing electricity generation, transmission and fuel was a distant third in tangible effects on Germany and Japan’s war efforts.
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