distance

Roget category 196

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
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#196. Distance

noun

distance — space etc. 180 — remoteness, farness^†, far-cry to — longinquity^†, elongation — offing, background — remote region — removedness^† — parallax — reach, span, stride.
outpost, outskirt — horizon — aphelion — foreign parts, ultima Thule [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.], antipodes — long 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 to — range.
remain at a distance — keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance.
distance — distance oneself from.

adjective

distant — far off, far away — remote, telescopic, distal, wide of — stretching to etc. v. — yon, yonder — ulterior — transmarine^†, transpontine^†, transatlantic, transalpine — tramontane — ultramontane, ultramundane^† — hyperborean, antipodean — inaccessible, out of the way — unapproached^†, unapproachable — incontiguous^†.

adverb

far off, far away — afar, afar off — off — away — a long way off, a great way off, a good way off — wide away, aloof — wide of, clear of — out of the way, out of reach — abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond — outre mer [Fr.], over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away" [Gay]; from pole to pole etc. (over great space) 180 — to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth — out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue [Fr.], out of the sphere of, wide of the mark — a far cry to.
apart, asunder — wide apart, wide asunder — longo 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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