long distance

¹

noun

1. telephone service between distant places.

long-distance

²

[lawng-dis-tuhns, long-]

adjective

1. of, from, or between distant places.

   a long-distance phone call.

2. for, over, or covering long distances.

   a long-distance runner.

adverb

1. by long-distance telephone.

   to call someone long-distance.

long-distance

noun

1. (modifier) covering relatively long distances

   a long-distance driver

2. (modifier) (of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart

3. a long-distance telephone call

4. a long-distance telephone system or its operator

adverb

1. by a long-distance telephone line

   he phoned long-distance

Word History and Origins

Origin of long distance¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Origin of long distance²

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

To see the changes, you need to look no further than the percentage of women entering long distance races.

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Testing their squad depth, Skinner's rotation, how they handle travelling long distances and coming up against better-quality opposition - it is a new challenge for United.

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Her family had to travel long distances to get her a hair appointment.

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The GHF has four food distribution sites in militarised zones that Palestinians must walk long distances at risk, replacing the 400 distribution points in the community under the UN's system.

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Zainab had gone missing for days, which is especially dangerous in Afghanistan, where women are not allowed to travel long distances from home without a male guardian.

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