long distance
telephone service between distant places.
Origin of long distance
1Words Nearby long distance
Other definitions for long-distance (2 of 2)
of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
for, over, or covering long distances: a long-distance runner.
by long-distance telephone: to call someone long-distance.
Origin of long-distance
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I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.
He was smart and tough in the way of the hard worker, the long-distance runner, the gambler who wins on stamina.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters | Alex Belth | August 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the time, she was also in a long-distance relationship with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
Many of the dead were killed by long-distance sniper rounds.
It deals with a long distance relationship from Detroit to Tangier.
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Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeThey were returning from their pursuit of the scouting party and were strung out a long distance along the road.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIt was one of those evenings when everything is quiet and sound travels a long distance.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumHe stuffed them all into the pocket of his overcoat, and went out and hunted up a long-distance telephone sign.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerAt the same time I heard that long-distance telephone connections with Berlin had been reopened.
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British Dictionary definitions for long-distance
(modifier) covering relatively long distances: a long-distance driver
(modifier) (of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart
mainly US and Canadian a long-distance telephone call
a long-distance telephone system or its operator
by a long-distance telephone line: he phoned long-distance
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