What does distant mean?
Definitions for distant
ˈdɪs təntdis·tant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word distant.
Princeton's WordNet
distantadjective
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
"distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
distant, remoteadjective
far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
"a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
aloof, distant, upstageadjective
remote in manner
"stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
distant, remote, removedadjective
separate or apart in time
"distant events"; "the remote past or future"
distant, remoteadjective
located far away spatially
"distant lands"; "remote stars"
Wiktionary
distantadjective
far off
distantadjective
emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings
Ever since the trauma she has been totally distant to me.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Distantadjective
Etymology: distans, Latin.
The wond’rous rock the Parian marble shone,
And seem’d to distant sight of solid stone. Alexander Pope.Narrowness of mind should be cured by reading histories of past ages, and of nations and countries distant from our own. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
The senses will discover things near us with sufficient exactness, and things distant also, so far as they relate to our necessary use. Isaac Watts, Logick.
It was one of the first distinctions of a well bred man to express every thing obscene in modest terms and distant phrases, while the clown clothed those ideas in plain homely terms that are the most obvious and natural. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
ChatGPT
distant
Distant is defined as far away in terms of space or time. It can also refer to having a lack of emotional closeness or direct relevance to something. Overall, it represents a significant separation or difference from something or someone.
Webster Dictionary
Distantadjective
separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away
Distantadjective
far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives
Distantadjective
reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner
Distantadjective
indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance
Distantadjective
not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity
Wikidata
Distant
Distant is the final posthumous album by Champaign, Illinois indie rock band Sarge. Released in 2000 on Mud Records, it features three demo versions of unreleased songs, six live songs, three cover songs, and two solo acoustic numbers by lead singer Elizabeth Elmore.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Distant
dis′tant, adj. at a certain distance: remote, in time, place, or connection: not obvious: indistinct: reserved in manner.—adv. Dis′tantly. [Fr.,—L. distans, -tantis—dis, apart, stans, stantis, pr.p. of stāre, to stand.]
Entomology
Distant
remote from: standing considerably apart.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'distant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3293
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'distant' in Adjectives Frequency: #456
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Anagrams for distant »
dantist
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of distant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of distant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of distant in a Sentence
Germans have earned this money by the sweat of their brow, be it at a desk or at the steelworks here in Riesa ... so that a distant and anti-grassroots government can hand out horns of plenty as if it's the world's social welfare office.
Another possible mechanism could be that bacteria from the periodontal lesions could enter the blood stream and lead to changes in the tissues which are distant from the mouth, there are changes in sex hormone levels related to the menopause that may affect the response of breast tissues to a stimulus such as exposure to bacteria.
We are finding amazing biological communities around the seeps, ranging from giant mussels that can be 100 to 200 years old or older, to giant tube worms that can be hundreds of years old as well, to a very strange-looking creature called a Chimeara, which is a distant cousin of sharks and rays.
The norm would usually see an aircraft suffering from depressurization landing at the nearest suitable airport – not least to calm down the passengers, who would be severely frightened, however, if there were nothing structurally wrong with the aircraft, the commander could elect to continue to a more distant airport.
Even if we were not talking about this case, specifically, it takes the death of a person, I’d say, from a very cold and distant point of view, i keep coming back to empathy. It is not an empathetic point of view of a person who died, it is blaming a person who’s died for their own death.
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- بعيدArabic
- йыраҡ, алыҫBashkir
- далёкіBelarusian
- далечен, отдалеченBulgarian
- distantCatalan, Valencian
- vzdálený, dalekýCzech
- oeraidd, anghysbell, pellWelsh
- fjernDanish
- entfernt, distanziert, fern, abstehendGerman
- απόμακρος, μακρινόςGreek
- foraEsperanto
- huraño, distante, a distanciaSpanish
- دورPersian
- syrjäinen, etäinen, kauko-, etä-Finnish
- lointain, éloigné, distantFrench
- iomallach, fad àsScottish Gaelic
- מרוחקHebrew
- दूरHindi
- հեռավորArmenian
- jauhIndonesian
- fjarlægurIcelandic
- distanteItalian
- 辺鄙, 遠い, 遠隔Japanese
- დაშორებული, შორეულიGeorgian
- 원격, 먼Korean
- nomaļš, tāls, attālsLatvian
- दूरMarathi
- ဝေးကွာBurmese
- afstandelijk, in de verte, verDutch
- odległy, dalekiPolish
- distantePortuguese
- lontanRomansh
- departeRomanian
- далёкий, дальний, отдалённыйRussian
- ďalekýSlovak
- avlägsenSwedish
- uzak, soğuk, mesafeliTurkish
- يىراقUyghur, Uighur
- далекийUkrainian
- دورUrdu
- yiroqUzbek
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