long-distance

English

Adjective

long-distance (comparative longer-distance, superlative nil)

1. Over a great length.

   He is a long-distance runner.

2. Referring to a non-local telephone call; a toll call.

   The hotel does not allow for long-distance phone calls.

3. Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them.

   They are in a long-distance relationship.

   • 2009, Wesley L. Ford, How to Pick a Lover: For Women Who Want to Win at Love (page 176)

     Long-distance lovers are often not too sure just what they are feeling. Worse, they are often not too sure what their absent playmates want them to be feeling.

Translations

over a great length

• Finnish: pitkän matkan
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• German: Langstrecken-

referring to non-local phone call

• Finnish: kauko- (fi) (see: kaukopuhelu)
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• German: Fern- (de)

referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them

• Finnish: etä- (fi) (see: etäsuhde)
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• German: Fern- (de)