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▸ noun:  (countable)
▸ noun:  An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
▸ noun:  (horse racing) Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic), any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.
▸ noun:  Chiefly in from a distance: a place which is far away or remote; specifically (especially painting), a more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground.
▸ noun:  Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.
▸ noun:  An interval or length of time between events.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A separation in some way other than space or time.
▸ noun:  (obsolete)
▸ noun:  Synonym of length (“an extent measured along the longest dimension of an object”)
▸ noun:  (figurative) A disagreement, a dispute; also, an estrangement.
▸ noun:  (music) A difference in pitch between sounds; an interval.
▸ noun:  (uncountable)
▸ noun:  The amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
▸ noun:  (boxing)
▸ noun:  The maximum amount of space between a boxer and their opponent within which the boxer can punch effectively.
▸ noun:  Often in go the distance, last the distance, or stay the distance: the scheduled duration of a bout.
▸ noun:  (fencing) The amount of space between a fencer and their opponent, which the fencer tries to control in order to gain an advantage over the opponent.
▸ noun:  (horse racing) Originally, the space measured back from the winning post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in a subsequent heat; also, the point on the racecourse that space away from the winning post; now, the point on a racecourse 240 yards from the winning post.
▸ noun:  (military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.
▸ noun:  (sports) The complete length of a course over which a race is run.
▸ noun:  Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.
▸ noun:  The state of being separated from something else, especially by a long way; the state of being far off or remote; farness, remoteness.
▸ noun:  (figurative)
▸ noun:  The entire amount of progress to an objective.
▸ noun:  The state of remoteness or separation in some way other than space or time.
▸ noun:  The state of people not being close, friendly, or intimate with each other; also, the state of people who were once close, friendly, or intimate with each other no longer being so; estrangement.
▸ noun:  Excessive reserve or lack of friendliness shown by a person; aloofness, coldness.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, figurative)
▸ noun:  The rank to which an important person belongs.
▸ noun:  The state of disagreement or dispute between people; dissension.
▸ noun:  Often followed by to or towards: an attitude of remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, ceremoniousness.
▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
▸ verb:  To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
▸ verb:  To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
▸ verb:  (figurative)
▸ verb:  To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
▸ verb:  To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
▸ verb:  (chiefly US, horse racing, archaic) Of a racehorse: to beat (another horse) by a certain distance; also (passive voice), to cause (a horse) to be disqualified by beating it by a certain distance.
▸ verb:  (obsolete)
▸ verb:  To cover the entire distance to (something).
▸ verb:  To depart from (a place); to leave (a place) behind.
▸ verb:  To indicate or measure the distance to (a place).
▸ verb:  To set (two or more things) at regular distances from each other; to space, to space out.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, reflexive) Often followed by from.
▸ verb:  To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.

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