distant
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English < Old French < Latin distans, ppr. of distare (“‘to stand apart, be separate, distant, or different’”) < di-, dis- (“‘apart’”) + stare (“‘to stand’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)
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- far off
- We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it.
- She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers.
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[edit] Translations
far off
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[edit] External links
- distant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- distant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- distant at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] French
[edit] Adjective
distant m. (f. distante, m. plural distants, f. plural distantes)
- distant
- aloof
