distance
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- IPA: /ˈdɪstəns/
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distance (countable and uncountable; plural distances)
- (countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.
- (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of space to the objective.
- He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.
- (uncountable, figuratively) A considerable amount of space.
- The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
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amount of space between two points
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- Customary: inches (in), feet, yards, miles
- Metric: meter (m), centimeter (cm), kilometer (km)
- Universal: astronomical unit (A.U.), parsec
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to distance (third-person singular simple present distances, present participle distancing, simple past and past participle distanced)
- To move away from someone or something.
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move away
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distance f. (plural distances)
- distance.

