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Distance
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
distances
Examples
The distance between New York City and Los Angeles is over 2,700 miles.
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a distant region
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size of the gap between two places
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indifference by personal withdrawal
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the interval between two times
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a remote point in time
to distance
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to deliberately keep someone or something at a certain emotional or figurative distance
Ditransitive: to distance sb/sth from sb/sth | to distance oneself from sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
distance
3rd person singular
distances
Present participle
distancing
Past simple
distanced
Past participle
distanced
Examples
She tried to distance herself from the conflict at work.
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to create a significant gap or separation between oneself and something else in terms of physical distance, progress, or achievement
Transitive: to distance a competitor
Examples
The sprinter distanced her competitors in the final stretch, winning the race by a clear margin.
