distant

distant
adj.
1 far away in space
VERBS
▪ be, sound
▪ become, grow
▪

The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ far (literary)
▪

in far distant lands

▪ relatively
▪ increasingly
▪ geographically, physically
▪

geographically distant areas of the world

PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪

The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun.

PHRASES
▪ two miles distant, three days distant, etc.
▪

These sites were often several miles distant from each other.

2 far away in time
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ impossibly
▪

The medieval mind can seem impossibly distant.

▪ historically
PHRASES
▪ in the far distant future
▪ in the not too distant future, in the not too distant past
▪

In the not too distant future, we may witness the cloning of human beings.

▪ the dim and distant past (BrE)
▪

stories from the dim and distant past

3 not friendly/not paying attention
VERBS
▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound
▪

He felt oddly distant from her.

▪ become, grow
▪ remain
▪ find sb
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ increasingly
▪

Their relationship has grown increasingly distant in recent years.

▪ a little, slightly, etc.
▪ oddly, strangely
▪

Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.

▪ emotionally
PHRASES
▪ cold and distant
▪

When they met, he was very cold and distant.

Distant is used with these nouns: ↑ancestor, ↑bell, ↑corner, ↑country, ↑cousin, ↑descendant, ↑dream, ↑drone, ↑echo, ↑explosion, ↑father, ↑future, ↑galaxy, ↑gleam, ↑gunfire, ↑hill, ↑hillside, ↑hope, ↑horizon, ↑kin, ↑land, ↑look, ↑memory, ↑mountain, ↑murmur, ↑object, ↑past, ↑peak, ↑planet, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑relative, ↑roar, ↑rumble, ↑shore, ↑shout, ↑siren, ↑sound, ↑star, ↑thunder, ↑voice, ↑wail

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  • distant — DISTÁNT, Ă, distanţi, te, adj. (Despre oameni) Care este de o politeţe rece şi puţin comunicativă în relaţiile cu ceilalţi, care este rezervat; (despre atitudinea, manifestările oamenilor) care exprimă, trădează pe omul distant. – Din fr. distant …   Dicționar Român

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  • distant — [dis′tənt] adj. [ME distaunt < L distans: see DISTANCE] 1. having a gap or space between; separated 2. widely separated; far apart or far away in space or time 3. at a measured interval; away [a town 100 miles distant] 4. far apart in… …   English World dictionary

  • distant — distant, ante (di stan, stan t ) adj. Qui est à une certaine distance, en parlant des lieux. Ces deux villes sont distantes l une de l autre de cent kilomètres. •   Un homme qui était à côté de Josèphe, reçut un coup de pierre qui lui emporta la… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • distant — late 14c., from O.Fr. distant (14c.), from L. distantem (nom. distans), prp. of distare to stand apart, be remote (see DISTANCE (Cf. distance)). Related: Distantly …   Etymology dictionary

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