Main entry: distance
Definition: the property created by the space between two objects or points
Definition: size of the gap between two places
Usage: the distance from New York to Chicago; he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points
Main entry: distance, aloofness
Definition: indifference by personal withdrawal
Usage: emotional distance
Main entry: distance
Definition: a distant region
Usage: I could see it in the distance
Definition: the interval between two times
Usage: the distance from birth to death; it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
Main entry: distance
Definition: a remote point in time
Usage: if that happens it will be at some distance in the future; at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details
Main entry: outdistance, outstrip, distance
Definition: go far ahead of
Usage: He outdistanced the other runners
Main entry: distance
Definition: keep at a distance
Usage: we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living