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distance

Roget category 196

2. Words relating to space
2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.1. General dimensions

#196. Distance

noun

distancespace etc. 180remoteness, farness, far-cry tolonginquity, elongationoffing, backgroundremote regionremovednessparallaxreach, span, stride.
outpost, outskirthorizonaphelionforeign parts, ultima Thule [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.], antipodeslong range, giant's stride.
dispersion etc. 73.
[units of distance] length etc. 200.
cosmic distance, light-years.

verb

be distant etc. adj. — extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away torange.
remain at a distancekeep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance.
distancedistance oneself from.

adjective

distantfar off, far awayremote, telescopic, distal, wide ofstretching to etc. v. — yon, yonderulteriortransmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpinetramontaneultramontane, ultramundanehyperborean, antipodeaninaccessible, out of the wayunapproached, unapproachableincontiguous.

adverb

far off, far awayafar, afar offoffawaya long way off, a great way off, a good way offwide away, aloofwide of, clear ofout of the way, out of reachabroad, yonder, farther, further, beyondoutre mer [Fr.], over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away" [Gay]; from pole to pole etc. (over great space) 180to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earthout of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue [Fr.], out of the sphere of, wide of the marka far cry to.
apart, asunderwide apart, wide asunderlongo intervallo [It]at arm's length.

phrase

distance lends enchantment" [Campbell]; it's a long long way to Tipperary —" out of sight, out of mind.

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