Distance (noun)

  1. The amount of space between two points or objects.
  2. A remote or separated place.
  3. A measure of the interval between two points in space or time.
  4. A degree of remoteness or separation between people or things.
  5. The extent to which one thing is removed or distinct from another.

Origin:

Late middle english: from old french, from latin distantia, from distare "stand apart".

Examples:

  1. The distance between the two cities is 200 miles.
  2. The lighthouse was visible in the distance.
  3. The time distance between the two events.
  4. The distance in rank between the two officers.
  5. The distance between the two ideas was quite noticeable.
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