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distant

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪstənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪstənt

Adjective

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distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)

  1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
    Synonyms: faraway; see also Thesaurus:distant
    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.   His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
  2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
    Synonyms: aloof, cold; see also Thesaurus:aloof
    Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.

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Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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distant m or f (masculine and feminine plural distants)

  1. distant
    Synonyms: llunyà, remot
    Antonyms: pròxim, proper
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Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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distant (feminine distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)

  1. distant
  2. aloof
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Descendants

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  • Romanian: distant

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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distant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of distō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French distant, from Latin distantem.

Adjective

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distant m or n (feminine singular distantă, masculine plural distanți, feminine and neuter plural distante)

  1. distant, remote

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite distant distantă distanți distante
definite distantul distanta distanții distantele
genitive-
dative
indefinite distant distante distanți distante
definite distantului distantei distanților distantelor
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Romansch

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Adjective

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distant m (feminine singular distanta, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantas)

  1. (Puter) distant, remote, faraway
    Synonym: luntaun