distant
[ dis-tuhnt ]
/ ˈdɪs tənt /
adjective
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
apart or far off in time: distant centuries past.
remote or far apart in any respect: a distant relative.
reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial: a distant greeting.
arriving from or going to a distance, as a communication, journey, etc.: I have here a distant letter from Japan.
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distant
/ (ˈdɪstənt) /
adjective
far away or apart in space or time
(postpositive)
separated in space or time by a specified distance
apart in relevance, association, or relationship
a distant cousin
coming from or going to a faraway place
a distant journey
remote in manner; aloof
abstracted; absent
a distant look
Derived forms of distant
distantly, adverb distantness, nounWord Origin for distant
C14: from Latin
distāre to be distant, from
dis-
1 +
stāre to stand