Definition of distance in English:

distance

noun ˈdɪst(ə)nsˈdɪstəns

1The length of the space between two points.
I cycled the short distance home
you may have to walk long distances
Example sentencesExamples
- The walk will take approximately two hours to complete covering a distance of four miles.
- There will not be any significant loss of distance, and your accuracy will improve.
- Katie, walking a short distance in front of the girl, turned round.
- The residential electronics industry has traveled a considerable distance in a relatively short time.
- Ridgeway elementary is the only school within safe walking distance and is in need of repair.
- We find that modes of transportation are often significant and positively related to median commute distance.
- Intensity is also influenced by distance from the fault, ground conditions, and sometimes, directivity.
- Carrying luggage, changing planes and walking long distances are hassles that most travelers must face.
- The DNA alignment was analyzed with both parsimony and distance matrix methods.
- The Moon's distance from Earth varies by about 2700 miles over the course of a lunar cycle.
- Minimum safe distances are computed by adding the maximum pattern radius plus three circular error probable.
- Officers tracked the car onto the A4 keeping a distance of 300 metres.
- As shown above, using a third taxon to estimate the initial pairwise distances improves their precision.
- After locking the door, they walked the short distance from their rented house to the college.
- I could always feel the distance separating us as tangible as a stone wall.
- American customers travel long distances at speed on smooth, straight highways.
- On one tank of fuel it can cover a distance of a thousand kilometres.
- Kimura two-parameter genetic distance ranged between 0.0017 and 0.0123.
- Printed out and laid end to end, they would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometres.
- In general, the various distance estimation methods can be divided into two classes.
Synonyms
interval, space, span, gap, separation, interspace, stretch, extent
length, width, breadth, depth
range, reach
1. 1.1mass noun The condition of being far off; remoteness.
  distance makes things look small
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's hard for me to tell from this distance what condition the fields are in and the absolute best plan of attack.
  Viewed from a distance, however, they lose some of their urgency, shading even into very dry comedy.
  Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups.
  I experienced a very Australian emotion which is what I would call the tyranny of distance, as this was before the internet and email.
  Education has at last challenged the tyranny of distance.
  Sasha smiled, a familiar look of distance flashing in his eye, and I knew he was recalling a memory.
  A jet and helicopter can get you just about anywhere quickly; remoteness isn't about mere distance.
  Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
  It's hard to gauge at a distance; how strong is the opposition inside the countries that are considering this?
  But other than Hass's connections there, Israel is presented with some distance.
  Is there something to be said for having some distance in a friendship?
  But one can have too much distance or get carried away with the flights of fancy one's distance encourages.
  They're some significant distance away from being able to create it on their own, even if they can create it.
  These shows are some distance from either the cheeky chappy style which made Paul Daniels a star, or the camp melodrama of American David Copperfield.
  Giving his typically controlled performance at corner-back, Canning was the best player on display by some distance.
  There is too much distance, a tragic remoteness in our fellowship.
  Although £50,000 has been raised so far through various sponsored events, they are still some distance away from the target.
  Marooned in this far-flung corner of the world by the tyranny of distance and outrageous airfares, the only way to get out of it is to, well, get out of it.
  Synonyms
  remoteness, farness
  closeness
2. 1.2 A far-off point.
  watching them from a distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  From a distance, the whole village looks like a scene set on a big round plate.
  These women, who at first appear to work at a distance from the harvest scene in the background, are actually detached from it.
  Looking from a distance, the village appears more like a picture scroll with strong local flavour than reality.
  Smoking sections should also be established at a distance from public buildings.
  Even Omar, closer to home, is viewed from a distance.
  ‘The effect of Sumi painting is more striking when viewed from a distance,’ he adds.
  The best possible scenario for a monumental piece of architecture is that its site affords a view from a distance.
  Rfid uses teeny computer chips, smaller than half-a-grain of sand, to track items at a distance.
  The large modernist building was set at a distance from the road beyond several water fountains.
  The Hawa Mahal when viewed from a distance also resembles the Mukut of Lord Krishna.
  The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village.
  I will stop and say hello to a cute cat on the street - from a distance.
  Mr Norris made it clear there was to be no charge for viewing from a distance - but any donations would go to St Helena Hospice.
  From a distance, the village looked like a holiday trailer park surrounded by grotesque, wind-sculptured trees.
  Where they grow the land from a distance looks not red, but lilac.
  Scotland, then, is a place to be viewed at a distance.
  I always recommend planting tulips in blocks of one colour, as this will give a greater impact when viewed from a distance.
  Before us, at Kongdori, is great Apparwat, its snowline just a climb away, and we can see children sledding in the snow at some distance.
  From a distance, his digging areas look like plowed fields, bordered by a gleaming expanse of tidal flats.
  I only ever saw him on TV, or at a distance in the town centre.
3. 1.3the distance The more remote part of what is visible or discernible.
  I heard police sirens in the distance
  they sped off into the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  Stretching, Jim looked around, taking note of the large land masses visible in the distance to either side of them.
  Their objective, the mountains in the distance, was barely visible to them.
  Indeed, it was Captain William Fall, out in the distance, just barely visible to the naked eye.
  The whales visible in the distance can live here only because they are protected by thick layers of blubber.
  After some 45 laps, he overtook him and raced into the distance - quite sublime and easily the equal of the Viren trip.
  Erin shrugged his shoulders and pointed out the window to a bright object just visible in the distance.
  This is a family home with spectacular panoramic views over Inverness, the span of the Kessock Bridge visible in the distance.
  He looks off into the distance as tears continue to shed from his eyes.
  It's an area of tundra and lakes with the volcanic spine of the Alaskan peninsula visible in the distance.
  A scarlet glow became visible in the distance, flickering through the ethereal trees surrounding the two.
  Moments later the mainland shrank into the distance, becoming a mere line on the horizon.
  No light was visible in the distance, save for that from which he'd come.
  They set off after breakfast, heading east toward the mountain range barely visible in the distance.
  I craned my neck to try and see into the distance but all I could see was a bunch of lights in the distance.
  Ragged sheets of rain were visible in the distance, and pale lightning strikes forked against the clouds.
  Looking southeast, Sante Fe is visible in the distance, spilling down the plain.
  Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer.
  A couple of dots in the distance were visible on the ground.
  He was facing the pine forest, the mountains hardly visible in the distance.
  Then all was silent; the eyes had disappeared, the figure no longer visible in the distance.
  Synonyms
  far away, far off, afar
  yonder, just in view
  on the horizon, in the background
4. 1.4 An interval of time.
  the sort of goal which remains in the memory even at a distance of six years
  Example sentencesExamples
  For others, the distance of three years makes what happened feel both implausible and unforgivable.
  But I cannot look upon these plans at a distance of six months, without feeling that past events ought to teach me how little I can depend on the future.
  In my memory there is a stillness, a quietness about her that I can still feel, that is almost visible, even in the distance of many years.
  Synonyms
  space of time, interval
2The full length of a race.
he claimed the 100 m title in only his second race over the distance
Example sentencesExamples
- The teams have to walk a distance of 100 miles over the course of ten days.
- It will be an Olympic distance triathlon with a 1.5km swim, a 40 km cycle ride and a 10 km run.
- Kiplagat spotted Kiptoo's potential a year and a half before her camp was officially opened and persuaded her to race longer distances.
- Up until this point race distances varied and there were no restrictions on the design or construction of boats.
- There was a penalty to all this, in that the race distances had to be reduced by one lap from the planned distance.
- It seems than Bridgestone made a good tyre over a single-lap, their problem in the recent past, but it needs to be improved over the race distance.
- In 2002 I swam the sprint event and the next year moved up to the Olympic distance.
- Broken swims are often race distances divided into smaller increments with rest periods after each segment.
- Tomorrow's slightly shorter distance is her favour as she faces the starter with Jamie Spencer on board.
- You sweat an awful lot and can lose 2 to 2.5 kg over a race distance.
- The racing distance in the World Championships is governed by time, with the race lasting 40 minutes.
- Unlike the well-known Hawaii Ironman, the Olympic distance seems much more humane by comparison.
- Chris Brogan was the only wheelchair athlete to complete the Olympic triathlon distance.
- Intense neuromuscular training at race distances can't be sustained for weeks at a time.
- The compounds we used in Australia would probably have lasted for three race distances, but some teams have pushed their tyres right to the limit today.
- But golden girl Holmes is almost certain to do only one of her Olympic distances because of a slight injury.
- This was our first race team test with the two new cars and we were able to complete simulated race distances with Jenson and Takuma.
- Because it is the last time you will ever see the distance raced at an international championships indoors.
- You can compete in any Indy race, over any distance and in any car.
- In one-loft racing all birds race the same distance and there is a single finishing point.
1. 2.1British Horse racing A space of more than twenty lengths between two finishers in a race.
  he stormed home by a distance in the Handicap Chase
  Example sentencesExamples
  After triumphing by a distance in 1965, Arkle was a warm favourite to follow up the following year.
  Motivator won by five lengths, the longest winning distance since Generous in 1991.
  The seven-year-old took full advantage of evens favourite Jair du Cochet unseating his rider at the fourth from home to win by a distance.
  The four I've won here have all been won by a distance and every one has been as sweet as the last.
  Red Marauder, despite mistakes, won by a distance from Smarty (16-1).
2. 2.2the distanceBritish A length of 240 yards from the winning post on a racecourse.
3. 2.3North American Horse racing The distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the "Kentucky horses" made the distance and were able to continue on.
4. 2.4the distanceBoxing The scheduled length of a fight.
  he has won his first five fights inside the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hersisia, 29, has won all of his 21 bouts so far with 16 stoppages inside the distance.
  Peralta takes Foreman the distance and loses a unanimous decision.
  So they continued until Nijinsky had gone two lengths clear inside the distance.
  Arthur has won all 16 of his professional fights so far, 14 inside the distance, and is already ranked 19 in the world.
  In the same year, Larry had 12 fights, winning all bouts some inside the distance.
3mass noun The avoidance of familiarity; reserve.
a mix of warmth and distance makes a good neighbour
Example sentencesExamples
- Dimbleby will be advantaged by the fact that he has never been in BBC programming management and that he has a blend of familiarity yet distance.
- I wanted her to either slap me or show me some warmth, the emotional distance was too much to bear.
Synonyms
aloofness, remoteness, detachment, stand-offishness, unfriendliness, haughtiness, hauteur, coolness, coldness, frigidity
reserve, reticence, restraint, stiffness, formality, unresponsiveness

verbˈdɪst(ə)nsˈdɪstəns

[with object]

1Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature.
her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children
Example sentencesExamples
- Being housed in Melbourne distances them from their major business and fails to respond to future trends.
- I'm glad it distances me because I'd rather not be sucked into a movie that had it's own paths for me to go down.
- We don't really approve of work which distances the mother from the child.
- Their separation had distanced them in mind as well as body.
- I have had a theory that sending money to charities can distance people from the pain and struggle of others.
- Flat canvases demanded visual focus; Chen felt this isolated them and distanced her from intimate interaction with them.
- And an ever increasing gap distances common man and the cops.
- I am convinced that someone, even several people, had the task of distancing my brother from his family.
- He also distances the viewers from the characters, choosing to focus on the collective struggle rather than the more personal ones.
- The reason is that there were some bad pagan customs surrounding cemeteries, and he wanted to distance his people from them.
- The personal explanation given today will not distance the honourable member from that.
- He creates a veil between viewer and subject and, with over-emphasis on craft, runs the risk of distancing his audience.
- E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal.
- The emotion is characteristically distanced in the first stanza.
- The very nature of genre fiction distances the reader from these issues.
- Any time things got serious I could pull back and allow for some laughs, which was really a way to distance people.
- Mahathir has attempted to shore up his position by trying to distance the government from corruption allegations.
- Not only does he have to deal with the French barrier, but speaking Patois also distances him from the English-speakers.
- There is a preposterousness in the book and the script which distances the audience from both the storyline and the characters.
- The strangely melancholy beauty of these places can't be traversed - we're hopelessly distanced from nature.
Synonyms
withdraw, detach, separate, dissociate, remove, isolate, put at a distance, keep at arm's length, set apart, place far off
1. 1.1distance oneself from Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something)
  he sought to distance himself from the proposals
  Example sentencesExamples
  But distancing ourselves seems to be the only way to lessen the struggle.
  Father was depressed and distanced himself further from me since then.
  Subjects further distanced themselves by attributing such experiences to ‘the old me.’
  With The Invisible Man, he was intent on distancing himself as much as possible from the darkness of his past.
  Though the film is undoubtedly a product of widespread Cold War paranoia, the film distances itself enough to objectify its horrors.
  However, instead of this helping me get closer with Ben and Kate, I just distanced myself further.
  Sora huffed rudely, distancing himself away from his cousin as if she was a disease.
  Clearly, the Huntingdon Connection distanced itself early on from Marrant and his mission.
  You distanced yourself completely from what had happened.
  He turned his back towards me as if distancing himself emotionally from me.
  Synonyms
  denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with, wash one's hands of, distance oneself from
2North American Horse racing
Beat (a horse) by a distance.
Example sentencesExamples
- He gave way after the first half-mile and was distanced.
- Sir Archy was distanced in the first two heats, but salvaged the final heat.

Phrases

distance lends enchantment to the view

proverb Things look better from further away.
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe distance lends enchantment to the view, but I remember him being quite good.
- Ah, but distance lends enchantment to the view; when you see a ship five miles away, she is as beautiful as a swan.
- Tastes change, interpretations change, distance lends enchantment to the view.
- There is a certain uncanny fascination about haunted houses, but it is one of which it may emphatically be said that distance lends enchantment to the view.
- When science is excellent, distance lends enchantment to the view.

go the distance

1Complete a fight without being knocked out.
he went the distance after being floored in the first round
Example sentencesExamples
- Who knows what they would have scored had the fight gone the distance?
- I'm guessing that Ellis would have won a decision if the fight had gone the distance.
- When a fight goes the distance, a tense interlude settles in while the judges tally the scorecards.
- Does anyone think the fight is going to go the distance?
- The former WBC champion last year went the distance with Germany's Sven Ottke in an IBF title fight.
- The safest bet here, in my eyes, is to bet the fight to go the distance.
- Do you think this fight is going to go the distance?
- If my fights go the distance, it does not bother me.
- Hagler: ‘I'm not worried about the rounds because this fight definitely isn't going the distance.‘
- As with the previous four fights, the fifth went the distance.
1. 1.1(of a boxing match) last the scheduled length.
  six of his fights went the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  Anybody who thinks this thing is going the distance will be disappointed.
  Although Ali went the distance, the injury took its toll and Norton won on a split decision.
  This time he makes no mistake and the match will go the distance.
  Hunter drew level after the restart but the match looked destined to go the distance as neither man could take control.
  If he didn't go the distance, he would owe Hopkins $25,000.
  I definitely expect to go the distance; he's a very durable guy.
  Whatever happens will happen, but I do not think it is going to go the distance.
  In 1980 he was finally forced to go the distance against journeyman Cookie Wallace.
  Lord's was the setting for an historic Test match between two old foes which never seemed likely to go the distance.
  In other words, if a bowler didn't put his opponent away early, he was in trouble - especially if the match went the distance.
2. 1.2Pitch for the entire length of a game.
  he went the distance on the mound
  Example sentencesExamples
  Toney went the distance for his 10-inning no-hitter.
  Wells allowed one run on eight hits, while going the distance on just 100 pitches - with only 19 called balls.
  I started against the Dodgers, went the distance, and we beat them, 9-1.
  Podres went the distance for his 14th victory of the season against three losses.
  The odds of a pitcher going the distance are higher when he doesn't waste everyone's time with limp-wristed futility at bat.
  Ruth went the distance for a 9-3 win, walking two while striking out three.
  The club has no pitcher with a complete game, although several have appeared capable of going the distance.
  Lackey went the distance for the fourth time in 57 career starts, striking out three and walking one.
  But it had been a little alarming that Maddux, who three times has led the N.L. in complete games, hadn't gone the distance.
  The Phillies won the game, 7-6, in 17 innings, with Roberts going the distance.
3. 1.3Last for a long time.
  this amplifier system should go the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are prepared to go the distance on the running machine to stay in the playground of youth.
  Later, by-the-by, the communion wine jug also went the distance!
  Our game plan is to go the distance, in spite of persistent speculation to the contrary.
  My goodness, she's gone the distance, hasn't she?
  The fact that the series even went the distance certainly serves as a testament to the vast improvement that UW has undergone in the past two seasons.
  She has gone the distance so far and she's proved that she is a tough cookie, so we are praying she will keep getting better.
  I threw in a six iron at the green, it went the distance and all of a sudden the eagle chance was there.
  But the folks at Altoids have really gone the distance - they hired a cartoon artist and programmer to create an entire role-playing adventure.
  When was the last time a move to amend the Constitution went the distance and actually occurred?
  They had ‘not gone the distance in trying to reach a compromise on the issue’.

keep one's distance

1Stay far away.
keep your distance from birds feeding their young
Example sentencesExamples
- Stay with your friends and I'll keep my distance.
- If equipped with long range weapons they will keep their distance and try to stay away from your reach.
- I wished I had stayed in the back of the car and kept my distance, but it was too late.
- So I decided to keep my distance and stay where I was by my car door.
- The centurion tried to keep his distance with his long sword, but Jacomus tried to stay close with his gladius.
- Both had done all the right things, the family said - they stayed together, avoided heavy drinking sessions, and kept their distance from local youths.
- Kevin's eyes stayed locked onto the coffin, and she kept her distance, her feet very solidly planted on the ground.
- We keep our distance, lower our expectations, stay cool, aloof, and separate.
- Be accurate, stay focused, be skeptical but never cynical, keep your distance, don't cross what I call the emotional line and listen carefully.
1. 1.1Maintain one's reserve.
  you had to say nothing and keep your distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  To a degree I wish I had kept my distance and simply helped her out of that situation as a friend.
  For two years I have kept my thoughts mostly to myself and kept my distance when I couldn't take the rudeness.
  More arrogant, to me, is the author who keeps his distance from these giants, having a doubtful reservation, than those of us who openly accept them.
  This is a break with the tradition of analysts keeping their distance from the players in the field so as to maintain their objectivity.
  Better, no doubt, to keep your distance so that you can maintain the coveted adversarial relationship.
  They opened a discussion in which both freely admitted that, in the past, faith leaders had kept their distance from one another.
  All in all, though, I've kept my distance from such matters.
  Moses said he saw that the police kept their distance from reserve communities because of a lack of understanding of the people and their culture.
  The headmaster of Settle High School criticised parents who kept their distance from the school.
  Should I keep my distance to maintain my authority or spend time with everyone to make sure things get done?

within — distance

Near enough to reach by the means specified.
her flat is within walking distance
Example sentencesExamples
- I wanted a good, quiet midprice restaurant within walking distance: the concierge trotted out three, and offered to reserve a table.
- Number 48 will appeal to those buyers who want a period property in very good condition within walking distance of their place of work.
- Gelston's men though needed more wickets to keep the run-rate within hailing distance of their own flimsy haul of 126.
- As I live within a short walking distance of a river, I was happy to discover that the chance of my home flooding each year is just 1 in 1,000 or less.
- No need for transfers as the terminal is within walking distance.
- On the trail of jingo-narcissism, it's difficult to stay within shouting distance of television.
- As the Lanarkshire club finally moves to within touching distance of breaking even, it will pain him to leave responsibility for it in someone else's hands.
- Don't compare the skill, courage, or attitudes of your children with other members of the team, at least within their hearing distance.
- Now, significant clusters have formed within driving distance of airport towns such as Carcassonne and Perpignan.
- How about stopping at the most popular scenic spots that are located within a stones throwing distance from the parking lots?

within striking distance

Near enough to hit or achieve something.
we are within striking distance of our goal
Example sentencesExamples
- The bombing had been far worse in the North, where we had lived within striking distance of the chemical works at Billingham.
- Within the past few minutes, Dr. Jim Thompson says they're now within striking distance of living independent lives.
- In the second half, UW was able to remain a factor in the game as they kept themselves within striking distance of the hot-shooting Gaels.
- This put the Kiwis within striking distance of Canada however not close enough to qualify.
- Johnstone moved to within striking distance of the 1,000 runs mark by making an unbeaten 77 as Hornsea won by 9 wickets.
- Morton stands at the stern of her boat, dip net poised, waiting for two pink salmon smolts to swim within striking distance.
- Any tree within striking distance of a use area should be analyzed.
- Most of his themes were within striking distance of Gordon Brown's vision of a ‘progressive consensus’ in his speech on Monday.
- The Dart is within striking distance and work is well underway on the M50 link near Loughlinstown.
- Would you advocate against rebuilding any city within striking distance of the hurricane breeding grounds?

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'discord, debate'): from Old French or from Latin distantia, from distant- 'standing apart', from the verb distare (see distant).

The distant origin of distance lies in Latin distare ‘to stand apart’. The apartness may be physical, as in the distance between two places, or intellectual. The earliest senses of distance in English are ‘discord, debate’, and ‘a disagreement, a quarrel’. The expression to go the distance, ‘to last for a long time’, has its roots in the world of boxing, although it is also used in other sports. A boxer who ‘goes the distance’ manages to complete a fight without being knocked out. In baseball, the phrase is used to mean ‘to pitch for the entire length of an inning’, and in horse racing a horse that can ‘go the distance’ can run the full length of a race without tiring.

Rhymes

assistance, coexistence, consistence, existence, insistence, outdistance, persistence, resistance, subsistence

Definition of distance in US English:

distance

nounˈdistənsˈdɪstəns

1An amount of space between two things or people.
I bicycled the short distance home
the distance between front and rear wheels
Example sentencesExamples
- The Moon's distance from Earth varies by about 2700 miles over the course of a lunar cycle.
- On one tank of fuel it can cover a distance of a thousand kilometres.
- The DNA alignment was analyzed with both parsimony and distance matrix methods.
- Officers tracked the car onto the A4 keeping a distance of 300 metres.
- After locking the door, they walked the short distance from their rented house to the college.
- Kimura two-parameter genetic distance ranged between 0.0017 and 0.0123.
- Intensity is also influenced by distance from the fault, ground conditions, and sometimes, directivity.
- Minimum safe distances are computed by adding the maximum pattern radius plus three circular error probable.
- The walk will take approximately two hours to complete covering a distance of four miles.
- The residential electronics industry has traveled a considerable distance in a relatively short time.
- Katie, walking a short distance in front of the girl, turned round.
- Carrying luggage, changing planes and walking long distances are hassles that most travelers must face.
- I could always feel the distance separating us as tangible as a stone wall.
- Printed out and laid end to end, they would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometres.
- Ridgeway elementary is the only school within safe walking distance and is in need of repair.
- In general, the various distance estimation methods can be divided into two classes.
- We find that modes of transportation are often significant and positively related to median commute distance.
- As shown above, using a third taxon to estimate the initial pairwise distances improves their precision.
- American customers travel long distances at speed on smooth, straight highways.
- There will not be any significant loss of distance, and your accuracy will improve.
Synonyms
interval, space, span, gap, separation, interspace, stretch, extent
1. 1.1 The condition of being far off; remoteness.
  distance makes things look small
  figurative a significant distance between German and Allied understandings of the war
  Example sentencesExamples
  Viewed from a distance, however, they lose some of their urgency, shading even into very dry comedy.
  They're some significant distance away from being able to create it on their own, even if they can create it.
  But other than Hass's connections there, Israel is presented with some distance.
  Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups.
  Although £50,000 has been raised so far through various sponsored events, they are still some distance away from the target.
  There is too much distance, a tragic remoteness in our fellowship.
  These shows are some distance from either the cheeky chappy style which made Paul Daniels a star, or the camp melodrama of American David Copperfield.
  I experienced a very Australian emotion which is what I would call the tyranny of distance, as this was before the internet and email.
  Education has at last challenged the tyranny of distance.
  Is there something to be said for having some distance in a friendship?
  But one can have too much distance or get carried away with the flights of fancy one's distance encourages.
  It's hard for me to tell from this distance what condition the fields are in and the absolute best plan of attack.
  Marooned in this far-flung corner of the world by the tyranny of distance and outrageous airfares, the only way to get out of it is to, well, get out of it.
  It's hard to gauge at a distance; how strong is the opposition inside the countries that are considering this?
  Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
  A jet and helicopter can get you just about anywhere quickly; remoteness isn't about mere distance.
  Sasha smiled, a familiar look of distance flashing in his eye, and I knew he was recalling a memory.
  Giving his typically controlled performance at corner-back, Canning was the best player on display by some distance.
  Synonyms
  remoteness, farness
2. 1.2 A far-off point or place.
  watching them from a distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  These women, who at first appear to work at a distance from the harvest scene in the background, are actually detached from it.
  Looking from a distance, the village appears more like a picture scroll with strong local flavour than reality.
  Mr Norris made it clear there was to be no charge for viewing from a distance - but any donations would go to St Helena Hospice.
  The Hawa Mahal when viewed from a distance also resembles the Mukut of Lord Krishna.
  Even Omar, closer to home, is viewed from a distance.
  Before us, at Kongdori, is great Apparwat, its snowline just a climb away, and we can see children sledding in the snow at some distance.
  The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village.
  From a distance, the village looked like a holiday trailer park surrounded by grotesque, wind-sculptured trees.
  I will stop and say hello to a cute cat on the street - from a distance.
  The best possible scenario for a monumental piece of architecture is that its site affords a view from a distance.
  Scotland, then, is a place to be viewed at a distance.
  From a distance, the whole village looks like a scene set on a big round plate.
  Where they grow the land from a distance looks not red, but lilac.
  From a distance, his digging areas look like plowed fields, bordered by a gleaming expanse of tidal flats.
  ‘The effect of Sumi painting is more striking when viewed from a distance,’ he adds.
  I only ever saw him on TV, or at a distance in the town centre.
  The large modernist building was set at a distance from the road beyond several water fountains.
  Rfid uses teeny computer chips, smaller than half-a-grain of sand, to track items at a distance.
  Smoking sections should also be established at a distance from public buildings.
  I always recommend planting tulips in blocks of one colour, as this will give a greater impact when viewed from a distance.
3. 1.3the distance The more remote part of what is visible or discernible.
  I heard police sirens in the distance
  they sped off into the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  They set off after breakfast, heading east toward the mountain range barely visible in the distance.
  Then all was silent; the eyes had disappeared, the figure no longer visible in the distance.
  Moments later the mainland shrank into the distance, becoming a mere line on the horizon.
  After some 45 laps, he overtook him and raced into the distance - quite sublime and easily the equal of the Viren trip.
  The whales visible in the distance can live here only because they are protected by thick layers of blubber.
  He looks off into the distance as tears continue to shed from his eyes.
  He was facing the pine forest, the mountains hardly visible in the distance.
  A couple of dots in the distance were visible on the ground.
  Erin shrugged his shoulders and pointed out the window to a bright object just visible in the distance.
  Their objective, the mountains in the distance, was barely visible to them.
  This is a family home with spectacular panoramic views over Inverness, the span of the Kessock Bridge visible in the distance.
  It's an area of tundra and lakes with the volcanic spine of the Alaskan peninsula visible in the distance.
  A scarlet glow became visible in the distance, flickering through the ethereal trees surrounding the two.
  Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer.
  Looking southeast, Sante Fe is visible in the distance, spilling down the plain.
  Indeed, it was Captain William Fall, out in the distance, just barely visible to the naked eye.
  I craned my neck to try and see into the distance but all I could see was a bunch of lights in the distance.
  No light was visible in the distance, save for that from which he'd come.
  Ragged sheets of rain were visible in the distance, and pale lightning strikes forked against the clouds.
  Stretching, Jim looked around, taking note of the large land masses visible in the distance to either side of them.
  Synonyms
  far away, far off, afar
4. 1.4 An interval of time.
  a distance of more than twenty years
  Example sentencesExamples
  In my memory there is a stillness, a quietness about her that I can still feel, that is almost visible, even in the distance of many years.
  For others, the distance of three years makes what happened feel both implausible and unforgivable.
  But I cannot look upon these plans at a distance of six months, without feeling that past events ought to teach me how little I can depend on the future.
  Synonyms
  space of time, interval
2The full length of a race.
he claimed the 10,000 meter title in only his second race over the distance
Example sentencesExamples
- In one-loft racing all birds race the same distance and there is a single finishing point.
- Unlike the well-known Hawaii Ironman, the Olympic distance seems much more humane by comparison.
- You can compete in any Indy race, over any distance and in any car.
- Up until this point race distances varied and there were no restrictions on the design or construction of boats.
- It will be an Olympic distance triathlon with a 1.5km swim, a 40 km cycle ride and a 10 km run.
- This was our first race team test with the two new cars and we were able to complete simulated race distances with Jenson and Takuma.
- The compounds we used in Australia would probably have lasted for three race distances, but some teams have pushed their tyres right to the limit today.
- Broken swims are often race distances divided into smaller increments with rest periods after each segment.
- You sweat an awful lot and can lose 2 to 2.5 kg over a race distance.
- There was a penalty to all this, in that the race distances had to be reduced by one lap from the planned distance.
- Intense neuromuscular training at race distances can't be sustained for weeks at a time.
- But golden girl Holmes is almost certain to do only one of her Olympic distances because of a slight injury.
- Because it is the last time you will ever see the distance raced at an international championships indoors.
- Chris Brogan was the only wheelchair athlete to complete the Olympic triathlon distance.
- In 2002 I swam the sprint event and the next year moved up to the Olympic distance.
- Tomorrow's slightly shorter distance is her favour as she faces the starter with Jamie Spencer on board.
- It seems than Bridgestone made a good tyre over a single-lap, their problem in the recent past, but it needs to be improved over the race distance.
- The teams have to walk a distance of 100 miles over the course of ten days.
- Kiplagat spotted Kiptoo's potential a year and a half before her camp was officially opened and persuaded her to race longer distances.
- The racing distance in the World Championships is governed by time, with the race lasting 40 minutes.
1. 2.1North American Horse racing The distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the "Kentucky horses" made the distance and were able to continue on.
2. 2.2the distanceBoxing The scheduled length of a fight.
  he has won his first five fights inside the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the same year, Larry had 12 fights, winning all bouts some inside the distance.
  Peralta takes Foreman the distance and loses a unanimous decision.
  Arthur has won all 16 of his professional fights so far, 14 inside the distance, and is already ranked 19 in the world.
  So they continued until Nijinsky had gone two lengths clear inside the distance.
  Hersisia, 29, has won all of his 21 bouts so far with 16 stoppages inside the distance.
3The avoidance of familiarity; aloofness or reserve.
a mix of warmth and distance makes a good neighbor
Example sentencesExamples
- Dimbleby will be advantaged by the fact that he has never been in BBC programming management and that he has a blend of familiarity yet distance.
- I wanted her to either slap me or show me some warmth, the emotional distance was too much to bear.
Synonyms
aloofness, remoteness, detachment, stand-offishness, unfriendliness, haughtiness, hauteur, coolness, coldness, frigidity

verbˈdistənsˈdɪstəns

[with object]

1Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature.
her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm glad it distances me because I'd rather not be sucked into a movie that had it's own paths for me to go down.
- Mahathir has attempted to shore up his position by trying to distance the government from corruption allegations.
- There is a preposterousness in the book and the script which distances the audience from both the storyline and the characters.
- And an ever increasing gap distances common man and the cops.
- E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal.
- We don't really approve of work which distances the mother from the child.
- Not only does he have to deal with the French barrier, but speaking Patois also distances him from the English-speakers.
- Flat canvases demanded visual focus; Chen felt this isolated them and distanced her from intimate interaction with them.
- Being housed in Melbourne distances them from their major business and fails to respond to future trends.
- The emotion is characteristically distanced in the first stanza.
- I am convinced that someone, even several people, had the task of distancing my brother from his family.
- Their separation had distanced them in mind as well as body.
- The very nature of genre fiction distances the reader from these issues.
- I have had a theory that sending money to charities can distance people from the pain and struggle of others.
- The strangely melancholy beauty of these places can't be traversed - we're hopelessly distanced from nature.
- He also distances the viewers from the characters, choosing to focus on the collective struggle rather than the more personal ones.
- Any time things got serious I could pull back and allow for some laughs, which was really a way to distance people.
- He creates a veil between viewer and subject and, with over-emphasis on craft, runs the risk of distancing his audience.
- The reason is that there were some bad pagan customs surrounding cemeteries, and he wanted to distance his people from them.
- The personal explanation given today will not distance the honourable member from that.
Synonyms
withdraw, detach, separate, dissociate, remove, isolate, put at a distance, keep at arm's length, set apart, place far off
1. 1.1distance oneself from Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something)
  he sought to distance himself from the proposals
  Example sentencesExamples
  Subjects further distanced themselves by attributing such experiences to ‘the old me.’
  But distancing ourselves seems to be the only way to lessen the struggle.
  Clearly, the Huntingdon Connection distanced itself early on from Marrant and his mission.
  Father was depressed and distanced himself further from me since then.
  Though the film is undoubtedly a product of widespread Cold War paranoia, the film distances itself enough to objectify its horrors.
  Sora huffed rudely, distancing himself away from his cousin as if she was a disease.
  However, instead of this helping me get closer with Ben and Kate, I just distanced myself further.
  He turned his back towards me as if distancing himself emotionally from me.
  You distanced yourself completely from what had happened.
  With The Invisible Man, he was intent on distancing himself as much as possible from the darkness of his past.
  Synonyms
  denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with, wash one's hands of, distance oneself from
2. 1.2North American Horse racing Beat (a horse) by a distance.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sir Archy was distanced in the first two heats, but salvaged the final heat.
  He gave way after the first half-mile and was distanced.

Phrases

go the distance

1Complete a fight without being knocked out.
he went the distance after being floored in the first round
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you think this fight is going to go the distance?
- Who knows what they would have scored had the fight gone the distance?
- I'm guessing that Ellis would have won a decision if the fight had gone the distance.
- As with the previous four fights, the fifth went the distance.
- If my fights go the distance, it does not bother me.
- The safest bet here, in my eyes, is to bet the fight to go the distance.
- Does anyone think the fight is going to go the distance?
- When a fight goes the distance, a tense interlude settles in while the judges tally the scorecards.
- Hagler: ‘I'm not worried about the rounds because this fight definitely isn't going the distance.‘
- The former WBC champion last year went the distance with Germany's Sven Ottke in an IBF title fight.
1. 1.1(of a boxing match) last the scheduled length.
  six of his fights went the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 1980 he was finally forced to go the distance against journeyman Cookie Wallace.
  In other words, if a bowler didn't put his opponent away early, he was in trouble - especially if the match went the distance.
  This time he makes no mistake and the match will go the distance.
  Anybody who thinks this thing is going the distance will be disappointed.
  I definitely expect to go the distance; he's a very durable guy.
  Although Ali went the distance, the injury took its toll and Norton won on a split decision.
  Whatever happens will happen, but I do not think it is going to go the distance.
  If he didn't go the distance, he would owe Hopkins $25,000.
  Lord's was the setting for an historic Test match between two old foes which never seemed likely to go the distance.
  Hunter drew level after the restart but the match looked destined to go the distance as neither man could take control.
2. 1.2Pitch for the entire length of a game.
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it had been a little alarming that Maddux, who three times has led the N.L. in complete games, hadn't gone the distance.
  Toney went the distance for his 10-inning no-hitter.
  The Phillies won the game, 7-6, in 17 innings, with Roberts going the distance.
  Ruth went the distance for a 9-3 win, walking two while striking out three.
  Podres went the distance for his 14th victory of the season against three losses.
  Lackey went the distance for the fourth time in 57 career starts, striking out three and walking one.
  Wells allowed one run on eight hits, while going the distance on just 100 pitches - with only 19 called balls.
  I started against the Dodgers, went the distance, and we beat them, 9-1.
  The odds of a pitcher going the distance are higher when he doesn't waste everyone's time with limp-wristed futility at bat.
  The club has no pitcher with a complete game, although several have appeared capable of going the distance.
3. 1.3Last for a long time.
  this amplifier system should go the distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fact that the series even went the distance certainly serves as a testament to the vast improvement that UW has undergone in the past two seasons.
  Our game plan is to go the distance, in spite of persistent speculation to the contrary.
  When was the last time a move to amend the Constitution went the distance and actually occurred?
  She has gone the distance so far and she's proved that she is a tough cookie, so we are praying she will keep getting better.
  I threw in a six iron at the green, it went the distance and all of a sudden the eagle chance was there.
  My goodness, she's gone the distance, hasn't she?
  They had ‘not gone the distance in trying to reach a compromise on the issue’.
  They are prepared to go the distance on the running machine to stay in the playground of youth.
  Later, by-the-by, the communion wine jug also went the distance!
  But the folks at Altoids have really gone the distance - they hired a cartoon artist and programmer to create an entire role-playing adventure.

keep one's distance

1Stay far away.
keep your distance from birds feeding their young
Example sentencesExamples
- So I decided to keep my distance and stay where I was by my car door.
- Kevin's eyes stayed locked onto the coffin, and she kept her distance, her feet very solidly planted on the ground.
- I wished I had stayed in the back of the car and kept my distance, but it was too late.
- The centurion tried to keep his distance with his long sword, but Jacomus tried to stay close with his gladius.
- Stay with your friends and I'll keep my distance.
- We keep our distance, lower our expectations, stay cool, aloof, and separate.
- If equipped with long range weapons they will keep their distance and try to stay away from your reach.
- Be accurate, stay focused, be skeptical but never cynical, keep your distance, don't cross what I call the emotional line and listen carefully.
- Both had done all the right things, the family said - they stayed together, avoided heavy drinking sessions, and kept their distance from local youths.
1. 1.1Maintain one's reserve.
  you had to say nothing and keep your distance
  Example sentencesExamples
  Should I keep my distance to maintain my authority or spend time with everyone to make sure things get done?
  Moses said he saw that the police kept their distance from reserve communities because of a lack of understanding of the people and their culture.
  For two years I have kept my thoughts mostly to myself and kept my distance when I couldn't take the rudeness.
  More arrogant, to me, is the author who keeps his distance from these giants, having a doubtful reservation, than those of us who openly accept them.
  They opened a discussion in which both freely admitted that, in the past, faith leaders had kept their distance from one another.
  To a degree I wish I had kept my distance and simply helped her out of that situation as a friend.
  All in all, though, I've kept my distance from such matters.
  This is a break with the tradition of analysts keeping their distance from the players in the field so as to maintain their objectivity.
  The headmaster of Settle High School criticised parents who kept their distance from the school.
  Better, no doubt, to keep your distance so that you can maintain the coveted adversarial relationship.

within — distance

Near enough to reach by the means specified.
the parking lot is within easy walking distance
he wanted to be within driving distance of his grandparents
Example sentencesExamples
- No need for transfers as the terminal is within walking distance.
- As I live within a short walking distance of a river, I was happy to discover that the chance of my home flooding each year is just 1 in 1,000 or less.
- On the trail of jingo-narcissism, it's difficult to stay within shouting distance of television.
- I wanted a good, quiet midprice restaurant within walking distance: the concierge trotted out three, and offered to reserve a table.
- How about stopping at the most popular scenic spots that are located within a stones throwing distance from the parking lots?
- Don't compare the skill, courage, or attitudes of your children with other members of the team, at least within their hearing distance.
- As the Lanarkshire club finally moves to within touching distance of breaking even, it will pain him to leave responsibility for it in someone else's hands.
- Now, significant clusters have formed within driving distance of airport towns such as Carcassonne and Perpignan.
- Number 48 will appeal to those buyers who want a period property in very good condition within walking distance of their place of work.
- Gelston's men though needed more wickets to keep the run-rate within hailing distance of their own flimsy haul of 126.

within striking distance

Near enough to hit or achieve something.
the aircraft carrier is dispatched to deep waters within striking distance of Moscow
Example sentencesExamples
- The bombing had been far worse in the North, where we had lived within striking distance of the chemical works at Billingham.
- In the second half, UW was able to remain a factor in the game as they kept themselves within striking distance of the hot-shooting Gaels.
- The Dart is within striking distance and work is well underway on the M50 link near Loughlinstown.
- Most of his themes were within striking distance of Gordon Brown's vision of a ‘progressive consensus’ in his speech on Monday.
- This put the Kiwis within striking distance of Canada however not close enough to qualify.
- Johnstone moved to within striking distance of the 1,000 runs mark by making an unbeaten 77 as Hornsea won by 9 wickets.
- Within the past few minutes, Dr. Jim Thompson says they're now within striking distance of living independent lives.
- Any tree within striking distance of a use area should be analyzed.
- Would you advocate against rebuilding any city within striking distance of the hurricane breeding grounds?
- Morton stands at the stern of her boat, dip net poised, waiting for two pink salmon smolts to swim within striking distance.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘discord, debate’): from Old French or from Latin distantia, from distant- ‘standing apart’, from the verb distare (see distant).

单词	distance
释义	Definition of distance in English: distance noun ˈdɪst(ə)nsˈdɪstəns 1The length of the space between two points. I cycled the short distance home you may have to walk long distances Example sentencesExamples The walk will take approximately two hours to complete covering a distance of four miles. There will not be any significant loss of distance, and your accuracy will improve. Katie, walking a short distance in front of the girl, turned round. The residential electronics industry has traveled a considerable distance in a relatively short time. Ridgeway elementary is the only school within safe walking distance and is in need of repair. We find that modes of transportation are often significant and positively related to median commute distance. Intensity is also influenced by distance from the fault, ground conditions, and sometimes, directivity. Carrying luggage, changing planes and walking long distances are hassles that most travelers must face. The DNA alignment was analyzed with both parsimony and distance matrix methods. The Moon's distance from Earth varies by about 2700 miles over the course of a lunar cycle. Minimum safe distances are computed by adding the maximum pattern radius plus three circular error probable. Officers tracked the car onto the A4 keeping a distance of 300 metres. As shown above, using a third taxon to estimate the initial pairwise distances improves their precision. After locking the door, they walked the short distance from their rented house to the college. I could always feel the distance separating us as tangible as a stone wall. American customers travel long distances at speed on smooth, straight highways. On one tank of fuel it can cover a distance of a thousand kilometres. Kimura two-parameter genetic distance ranged between 0.0017 and 0.0123. Printed out and laid end to end, they would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometres. In general, the various distance estimation methods can be divided into two classes. Synonyms interval, space, span, gap, separation, interspace, stretch, extent length, width, breadth, depth range, reach 1.1mass noun The condition of being far off; remoteness. distance makes things look small Example sentencesExamples It's hard for me to tell from this distance what condition the fields are in and the absolute best plan of attack. Viewed from a distance, however, they lose some of their urgency, shading even into very dry comedy. Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups. I experienced a very Australian emotion which is what I would call the tyranny of distance, as this was before the internet and email. Education has at last challenged the tyranny of distance. Sasha smiled, a familiar look of distance flashing in his eye, and I knew he was recalling a memory. A jet and helicopter can get you just about anywhere quickly; remoteness isn't about mere distance. Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace. It's hard to gauge at a distance; how strong is the opposition inside the countries that are considering this? But other than Hass's connections there, Israel is presented with some distance. Is there something to be said for having some distance in a friendship? But one can have too much distance or get carried away with the flights of fancy one's distance encourages. They're some significant distance away from being able to create it on their own, even if they can create it. These shows are some distance from either the cheeky chappy style which made Paul Daniels a star, or the camp melodrama of American David Copperfield. Giving his typically controlled performance at corner-back, Canning was the best player on display by some distance. There is too much distance, a tragic remoteness in our fellowship. Although £50,000 has been raised so far through various sponsored events, they are still some distance away from the target. Marooned in this far-flung corner of the world by the tyranny of distance and outrageous airfares, the only way to get out of it is to, well, get out of it. Synonyms remoteness, farness closeness 1.2 A far-off point. watching them from a distance Example sentencesExamples From a distance, the whole village looks like a scene set on a big round plate. These women, who at first appear to work at a distance from the harvest scene in the background, are actually detached from it. Looking from a distance, the village appears more like a picture scroll with strong local flavour than reality. Smoking sections should also be established at a distance from public buildings. Even Omar, closer to home, is viewed from a distance. ‘The effect of Sumi painting is more striking when viewed from a distance,’ he adds. The best possible scenario for a monumental piece of architecture is that its site affords a view from a distance. Rfid uses teeny computer chips, smaller than half-a-grain of sand, to track items at a distance. The large modernist building was set at a distance from the road beyond several water fountains. The Hawa Mahal when viewed from a distance also resembles the Mukut of Lord Krishna. The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village. I will stop and say hello to a cute cat on the street - from a distance. Mr Norris made it clear there was to be no charge for viewing from a distance - but any donations would go to St Helena Hospice. From a distance, the village looked like a holiday trailer park surrounded by grotesque, wind-sculptured trees. Where they grow the land from a distance looks not red, but lilac. Scotland, then, is a place to be viewed at a distance. I always recommend planting tulips in blocks of one colour, as this will give a greater impact when viewed from a distance. Before us, at Kongdori, is great Apparwat, its snowline just a climb away, and we can see children sledding in the snow at some distance. From a distance, his digging areas look like plowed fields, bordered by a gleaming expanse of tidal flats. I only ever saw him on TV, or at a distance in the town centre. 1.3the distance The more remote part of what is visible or discernible. I heard police sirens in the distance they sped off into the distance Example sentencesExamples Stretching, Jim looked around, taking note of the large land masses visible in the distance to either side of them. Their objective, the mountains in the distance, was barely visible to them. Indeed, it was Captain William Fall, out in the distance, just barely visible to the naked eye. The whales visible in the distance can live here only because they are protected by thick layers of blubber. After some 45 laps, he overtook him and raced into the distance - quite sublime and easily the equal of the Viren trip. Erin shrugged his shoulders and pointed out the window to a bright object just visible in the distance. This is a family home with spectacular panoramic views over Inverness, the span of the Kessock Bridge visible in the distance. He looks off into the distance as tears continue to shed from his eyes. It's an area of tundra and lakes with the volcanic spine of the Alaskan peninsula visible in the distance. A scarlet glow became visible in the distance, flickering through the ethereal trees surrounding the two. Moments later the mainland shrank into the distance, becoming a mere line on the horizon. No light was visible in the distance, save for that from which he'd come. They set off after breakfast, heading east toward the mountain range barely visible in the distance. I craned my neck to try and see into the distance but all I could see was a bunch of lights in the distance. Ragged sheets of rain were visible in the distance, and pale lightning strikes forked against the clouds. Looking southeast, Sante Fe is visible in the distance, spilling down the plain. Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer. A couple of dots in the distance were visible on the ground. He was facing the pine forest, the mountains hardly visible in the distance. Then all was silent; the eyes had disappeared, the figure no longer visible in the distance. Synonyms far away, far off, afar yonder, just in view on the horizon, in the background 1.4 An interval of time. the sort of goal which remains in the memory even at a distance of six years Example sentencesExamples For others, the distance of three years makes what happened feel both implausible and unforgivable. But I cannot look upon these plans at a distance of six months, without feeling that past events ought to teach me how little I can depend on the future. In my memory there is a stillness, a quietness about her that I can still feel, that is almost visible, even in the distance of many years. Synonyms space of time, interval 2The full length of a race. he claimed the 100 m title in only his second race over the distance Example sentencesExamples The teams have to walk a distance of 100 miles over the course of ten days. It will be an Olympic distance triathlon with a 1.5km swim, a 40 km cycle ride and a 10 km run. Kiplagat spotted Kiptoo's potential a year and a half before her camp was officially opened and persuaded her to race longer distances. Up until this point race distances varied and there were no restrictions on the design or construction of boats. There was a penalty to all this, in that the race distances had to be reduced by one lap from the planned distance. It seems than Bridgestone made a good tyre over a single-lap, their problem in the recent past, but it needs to be improved over the race distance. In 2002 I swam the sprint event and the next year moved up to the Olympic distance. Broken swims are often race distances divided into smaller increments with rest periods after each segment. Tomorrow's slightly shorter distance is her favour as she faces the starter with Jamie Spencer on board. You sweat an awful lot and can lose 2 to 2.5 kg over a race distance. The racing distance in the World Championships is governed by time, with the race lasting 40 minutes. Unlike the well-known Hawaii Ironman, the Olympic distance seems much more humane by comparison. Chris Brogan was the only wheelchair athlete to complete the Olympic triathlon distance. Intense neuromuscular training at race distances can't be sustained for weeks at a time. The compounds we used in Australia would probably have lasted for three race distances, but some teams have pushed their tyres right to the limit today. But golden girl Holmes is almost certain to do only one of her Olympic distances because of a slight injury. This was our first race team test with the two new cars and we were able to complete simulated race distances with Jenson and Takuma. Because it is the last time you will ever see the distance raced at an international championships indoors. You can compete in any Indy race, over any distance and in any car. In one-loft racing all birds race the same distance and there is a single finishing point. 2.1British Horse racing A space of more than twenty lengths between two finishers in a race. he stormed home by a distance in the Handicap Chase Example sentencesExamples After triumphing by a distance in 1965, Arkle was a warm favourite to follow up the following year. Motivator won by five lengths, the longest winning distance since Generous in 1991. The seven-year-old took full advantage of evens favourite Jair du Cochet unseating his rider at the fourth from home to win by a distance. The four I've won here have all been won by a distance and every one has been as sweet as the last. Red Marauder, despite mistakes, won by a distance from Smarty (16-1). 2.2the distanceBritish A length of 240 yards from the winning post on a racecourse. 2.3North American Horse racing The distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat. Example sentencesExamples Most of the "Kentucky horses" made the distance and were able to continue on. 2.4the distanceBoxing The scheduled length of a fight. he has won his first five fights inside the distance Example sentencesExamples Hersisia, 29, has won all of his 21 bouts so far with 16 stoppages inside the distance. Peralta takes Foreman the distance and loses a unanimous decision. So they continued until Nijinsky had gone two lengths clear inside the distance. Arthur has won all 16 of his professional fights so far, 14 inside the distance, and is already ranked 19 in the world. In the same year, Larry had 12 fights, winning all bouts some inside the distance. 3mass noun The avoidance of familiarity; reserve. a mix of warmth and distance makes a good neighbour Example sentencesExamples Dimbleby will be advantaged by the fact that he has never been in BBC programming management and that he has a blend of familiarity yet distance. I wanted her to either slap me or show me some warmth, the emotional distance was too much to bear. Synonyms aloofness, remoteness, detachment, stand-offishness, unfriendliness, haughtiness, hauteur, coolness, coldness, frigidity reserve, reticence, restraint, stiffness, formality, unresponsiveness verbˈdɪst(ə)nsˈdɪstəns [with object] 1Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature. her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children Example sentencesExamples Being housed in Melbourne distances them from their major business and fails to respond to future trends. I'm glad it distances me because I'd rather not be sucked into a movie that had it's own paths for me to go down. We don't really approve of work which distances the mother from the child. Their separation had distanced them in mind as well as body. I have had a theory that sending money to charities can distance people from the pain and struggle of others. Flat canvases demanded visual focus; Chen felt this isolated them and distanced her from intimate interaction with them. And an ever increasing gap distances common man and the cops. I am convinced that someone, even several people, had the task of distancing my brother from his family. He also distances the viewers from the characters, choosing to focus on the collective struggle rather than the more personal ones. The reason is that there were some bad pagan customs surrounding cemeteries, and he wanted to distance his people from them. The personal explanation given today will not distance the honourable member from that. He creates a veil between viewer and subject and, with over-emphasis on craft, runs the risk of distancing his audience. E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal. The emotion is characteristically distanced in the first stanza. The very nature of genre fiction distances the reader from these issues. Any time things got serious I could pull back and allow for some laughs, which was really a way to distance people. Mahathir has attempted to shore up his position by trying to distance the government from corruption allegations. Not only does he have to deal with the French barrier, but speaking Patois also distances him from the English-speakers. There is a preposterousness in the book and the script which distances the audience from both the storyline and the characters. The strangely melancholy beauty of these places can't be traversed - we're hopelessly distanced from nature. Synonyms withdraw, detach, separate, dissociate, remove, isolate, put at a distance, keep at arm's length, set apart, place far off 1.1distance oneself from Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something) he sought to distance himself from the proposals Example sentencesExamples But distancing ourselves seems to be the only way to lessen the struggle. Father was depressed and distanced himself further from me since then. Subjects further distanced themselves by attributing such experiences to ‘the old me.’ With The Invisible Man, he was intent on distancing himself as much as possible from the darkness of his past. Though the film is undoubtedly a product of widespread Cold War paranoia, the film distances itself enough to objectify its horrors. However, instead of this helping me get closer with Ben and Kate, I just distanced myself further. Sora huffed rudely, distancing himself away from his cousin as if she was a disease. Clearly, the Huntingdon Connection distanced itself early on from Marrant and his mission. You distanced yourself completely from what had happened. He turned his back towards me as if distancing himself emotionally from me. Synonyms denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with, wash one's hands of, distance oneself from 2North American Horse racing Beat (a horse) by a distance. Example sentencesExamples He gave way after the first half-mile and was distanced. Sir Archy was distanced in the first two heats, but salvaged the final heat. Phrases distance lends enchantment to the view proverb Things look better from further away. Example sentencesExamples Maybe distance lends enchantment to the view, but I remember him being quite good. Ah, but distance lends enchantment to the view; when you see a ship five miles away, she is as beautiful as a swan. Tastes change, interpretations change, distance lends enchantment to the view. There is a certain uncanny fascination about haunted houses, but it is one of which it may emphatically be said that distance lends enchantment to the view. When science is excellent, distance lends enchantment to the view. go the distance 1Complete a fight without being knocked out. he went the distance after being floored in the first round Example sentencesExamples Who knows what they would have scored had the fight gone the distance? I'm guessing that Ellis would have won a decision if the fight had gone the distance. When a fight goes the distance, a tense interlude settles in while the judges tally the scorecards. Does anyone think the fight is going to go the distance? The former WBC champion last year went the distance with Germany's Sven Ottke in an IBF title fight. The safest bet here, in my eyes, is to bet the fight to go the distance. Do you think this fight is going to go the distance? If my fights go the distance, it does not bother me. Hagler: ‘I'm not worried about the rounds because this fight definitely isn't going the distance.‘ As with the previous four fights, the fifth went the distance. 1.1(of a boxing match) last the scheduled length. six of his fights went the distance Example sentencesExamples Anybody who thinks this thing is going the distance will be disappointed. Although Ali went the distance, the injury took its toll and Norton won on a split decision. This time he makes no mistake and the match will go the distance. Hunter drew level after the restart but the match looked destined to go the distance as neither man could take control. If he didn't go the distance, he would owe Hopkins $25,000. I definitely expect to go the distance; he's a very durable guy. Whatever happens will happen, but I do not think it is going to go the distance. In 1980 he was finally forced to go the distance against journeyman Cookie Wallace. Lord's was the setting for an historic Test match between two old foes which never seemed likely to go the distance. In other words, if a bowler didn't put his opponent away early, he was in trouble - especially if the match went the distance. 1.2Pitch for the entire length of a game. he went the distance on the mound Example sentencesExamples Toney went the distance for his 10-inning no-hitter. Wells allowed one run on eight hits, while going the distance on just 100 pitches - with only 19 called balls. I started against the Dodgers, went the distance, and we beat them, 9-1. Podres went the distance for his 14th victory of the season against three losses. The odds of a pitcher going the distance are higher when he doesn't waste everyone's time with limp-wristed futility at bat. Ruth went the distance for a 9-3 win, walking two while striking out three. The club has no pitcher with a complete game, although several have appeared capable of going the distance. Lackey went the distance for the fourth time in 57 career starts, striking out three and walking one. But it had been a little alarming that Maddux, who three times has led the N.L. in complete games, hadn't gone the distance. The Phillies won the game, 7-6, in 17 innings, with Roberts going the distance. 1.3Last for a long time. this amplifier system should go the distance Example sentencesExamples They are prepared to go the distance on the running machine to stay in the playground of youth. Later, by-the-by, the communion wine jug also went the distance! Our game plan is to go the distance, in spite of persistent speculation to the contrary. My goodness, she's gone the distance, hasn't she? The fact that the series even went the distance certainly serves as a testament to the vast improvement that UW has undergone in the past two seasons. She has gone the distance so far and she's proved that she is a tough cookie, so we are praying she will keep getting better. I threw in a six iron at the green, it went the distance and all of a sudden the eagle chance was there. But the folks at Altoids have really gone the distance - they hired a cartoon artist and programmer to create an entire role-playing adventure. When was the last time a move to amend the Constitution went the distance and actually occurred? They had ‘not gone the distance in trying to reach a compromise on the issue’. keep one's distance 1Stay far away. keep your distance from birds feeding their young Example sentencesExamples Stay with your friends and I'll keep my distance. If equipped with long range weapons they will keep their distance and try to stay away from your reach. I wished I had stayed in the back of the car and kept my distance, but it was too late. So I decided to keep my distance and stay where I was by my car door. The centurion tried to keep his distance with his long sword, but Jacomus tried to stay close with his gladius. Both had done all the right things, the family said - they stayed together, avoided heavy drinking sessions, and kept their distance from local youths. Kevin's eyes stayed locked onto the coffin, and she kept her distance, her feet very solidly planted on the ground. We keep our distance, lower our expectations, stay cool, aloof, and separate. Be accurate, stay focused, be skeptical but never cynical, keep your distance, don't cross what I call the emotional line and listen carefully. 1.1Maintain one's reserve. you had to say nothing and keep your distance Example sentencesExamples To a degree I wish I had kept my distance and simply helped her out of that situation as a friend. For two years I have kept my thoughts mostly to myself and kept my distance when I couldn't take the rudeness. More arrogant, to me, is the author who keeps his distance from these giants, having a doubtful reservation, than those of us who openly accept them. This is a break with the tradition of analysts keeping their distance from the players in the field so as to maintain their objectivity. Better, no doubt, to keep your distance so that you can maintain the coveted adversarial relationship. They opened a discussion in which both freely admitted that, in the past, faith leaders had kept their distance from one another. All in all, though, I've kept my distance from such matters. Moses said he saw that the police kept their distance from reserve communities because of a lack of understanding of the people and their culture. The headmaster of Settle High School criticised parents who kept their distance from the school. Should I keep my distance to maintain my authority or spend time with everyone to make sure things get done? within — distance Near enough to reach by the means specified. her flat is within walking distance Example sentencesExamples I wanted a good, quiet midprice restaurant within walking distance: the concierge trotted out three, and offered to reserve a table. Number 48 will appeal to those buyers who want a period property in very good condition within walking distance of their place of work. Gelston's men though needed more wickets to keep the run-rate within hailing distance of their own flimsy haul of 126. As I live within a short walking distance of a river, I was happy to discover that the chance of my home flooding each year is just 1 in 1,000 or less. No need for transfers as the terminal is within walking distance. On the trail of jingo-narcissism, it's difficult to stay within shouting distance of television. As the Lanarkshire club finally moves to within touching distance of breaking even, it will pain him to leave responsibility for it in someone else's hands. Don't compare the skill, courage, or attitudes of your children with other members of the team, at least within their hearing distance. Now, significant clusters have formed within driving distance of airport towns such as Carcassonne and Perpignan. How about stopping at the most popular scenic spots that are located within a stones throwing distance from the parking lots? within striking distance Near enough to hit or achieve something. we are within striking distance of our goal Example sentencesExamples The bombing had been far worse in the North, where we had lived within striking distance of the chemical works at Billingham. Within the past few minutes, Dr. Jim Thompson says they're now within striking distance of living independent lives. In the second half, UW was able to remain a factor in the game as they kept themselves within striking distance of the hot-shooting Gaels. This put the Kiwis within striking distance of Canada however not close enough to qualify. Johnstone moved to within striking distance of the 1,000 runs mark by making an unbeaten 77 as Hornsea won by 9 wickets. Morton stands at the stern of her boat, dip net poised, waiting for two pink salmon smolts to swim within striking distance. Any tree within striking distance of a use area should be analyzed. Most of his themes were within striking distance of Gordon Brown's vision of a ‘progressive consensus’ in his speech on Monday. The Dart is within striking distance and work is well underway on the M50 link near Loughlinstown. Would you advocate against rebuilding any city within striking distance of the hurricane breeding grounds? Origin Middle English (in the sense 'discord, debate'): from Old French or from Latin distantia, from distant- 'standing apart', from the verb distare (see distant). The distant origin of distance lies in Latin distare ‘to stand apart’. The apartness may be physical, as in the distance between two places, or intellectual. The earliest senses of distance in English are ‘discord, debate’, and ‘a disagreement, a quarrel’. The expression to go the distance, ‘to last for a long time’, has its roots in the world of boxing, although it is also used in other sports. A boxer who ‘goes the distance’ manages to complete a fight without being knocked out. In baseball, the phrase is used to mean ‘to pitch for the entire length of an inning’, and in horse racing a horse that can ‘go the distance’ can run the full length of a race without tiring. Rhymes assistance, coexistence, consistence, existence, insistence, outdistance, persistence, resistance, subsistence noun.1 phr. Definition of distance in US English: distance nounˈdistənsˈdɪstəns 1An amount of space between two things or people. I bicycled the short distance home the distance between front and rear wheels Example sentencesExamples The Moon's distance from Earth varies by about 2700 miles over the course of a lunar cycle. On one tank of fuel it can cover a distance of a thousand kilometres. The DNA alignment was analyzed with both parsimony and distance matrix methods. Officers tracked the car onto the A4 keeping a distance of 300 metres. After locking the door, they walked the short distance from their rented house to the college. Kimura two-parameter genetic distance ranged between 0.0017 and 0.0123. Intensity is also influenced by distance from the fault, ground conditions, and sometimes, directivity. Minimum safe distances are computed by adding the maximum pattern radius plus three circular error probable. The walk will take approximately two hours to complete covering a distance of four miles. The residential electronics industry has traveled a considerable distance in a relatively short time. Katie, walking a short distance in front of the girl, turned round. Carrying luggage, changing planes and walking long distances are hassles that most travelers must face. I could always feel the distance separating us as tangible as a stone wall. Printed out and laid end to end, they would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometres. Ridgeway elementary is the only school within safe walking distance and is in need of repair. In general, the various distance estimation methods can be divided into two classes. We find that modes of transportation are often significant and positively related to median commute distance. As shown above, using a third taxon to estimate the initial pairwise distances improves their precision. American customers travel long distances at speed on smooth, straight highways. There will not be any significant loss of distance, and your accuracy will improve. Synonyms interval, space, span, gap, separation, interspace, stretch, extent 1.1 The condition of being far off; remoteness. distance makes things look small figurative a significant distance between German and Allied understandings of the war Example sentencesExamples Viewed from a distance, however, they lose some of their urgency, shading even into very dry comedy. They're some significant distance away from being able to create it on their own, even if they can create it. But other than Hass's connections there, Israel is presented with some distance. Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups. Although £50,000 has been raised so far through various sponsored events, they are still some distance away from the target. There is too much distance, a tragic remoteness in our fellowship. These shows are some distance from either the cheeky chappy style which made Paul Daniels a star, or the camp melodrama of American David Copperfield. I experienced a very Australian emotion which is what I would call the tyranny of distance, as this was before the internet and email. Education has at last challenged the tyranny of distance. Is there something to be said for having some distance in a friendship? But one can have too much distance or get carried away with the flights of fancy one's distance encourages. It's hard for me to tell from this distance what condition the fields are in and the absolute best plan of attack. Marooned in this far-flung corner of the world by the tyranny of distance and outrageous airfares, the only way to get out of it is to, well, get out of it. It's hard to gauge at a distance; how strong is the opposition inside the countries that are considering this? Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace. A jet and helicopter can get you just about anywhere quickly; remoteness isn't about mere distance. Sasha smiled, a familiar look of distance flashing in his eye, and I knew he was recalling a memory. Giving his typically controlled performance at corner-back, Canning was the best player on display by some distance. Synonyms remoteness, farness 1.2 A far-off point or place. watching them from a distance Example sentencesExamples These women, who at first appear to work at a distance from the harvest scene in the background, are actually detached from it. Looking from a distance, the village appears more like a picture scroll with strong local flavour than reality. Mr Norris made it clear there was to be no charge for viewing from a distance - but any donations would go to St Helena Hospice. The Hawa Mahal when viewed from a distance also resembles the Mukut of Lord Krishna. Even Omar, closer to home, is viewed from a distance. Before us, at Kongdori, is great Apparwat, its snowline just a climb away, and we can see children sledding in the snow at some distance. The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village. From a distance, the village looked like a holiday trailer park surrounded by grotesque, wind-sculptured trees. I will stop and say hello to a cute cat on the street - from a distance. The best possible scenario for a monumental piece of architecture is that its site affords a view from a distance. Scotland, then, is a place to be viewed at a distance. From a distance, the whole village looks like a scene set on a big round plate. Where they grow the land from a distance looks not red, but lilac. From a distance, his digging areas look like plowed fields, bordered by a gleaming expanse of tidal flats. ‘The effect of Sumi painting is more striking when viewed from a distance,’ he adds. I only ever saw him on TV, or at a distance in the town centre. The large modernist building was set at a distance from the road beyond several water fountains. Rfid uses teeny computer chips, smaller than half-a-grain of sand, to track items at a distance. Smoking sections should also be established at a distance from public buildings. I always recommend planting tulips in blocks of one colour, as this will give a greater impact when viewed from a distance. 1.3the distance The more remote part of what is visible or discernible. I heard police sirens in the distance they sped off into the distance Example sentencesExamples They set off after breakfast, heading east toward the mountain range barely visible in the distance. Then all was silent; the eyes had disappeared, the figure no longer visible in the distance. Moments later the mainland shrank into the distance, becoming a mere line on the horizon. After some 45 laps, he overtook him and raced into the distance - quite sublime and easily the equal of the Viren trip. The whales visible in the distance can live here only because they are protected by thick layers of blubber. He looks off into the distance as tears continue to shed from his eyes. He was facing the pine forest, the mountains hardly visible in the distance. A couple of dots in the distance were visible on the ground. Erin shrugged his shoulders and pointed out the window to a bright object just visible in the distance. Their objective, the mountains in the distance, was barely visible to them. This is a family home with spectacular panoramic views over Inverness, the span of the Kessock Bridge visible in the distance. It's an area of tundra and lakes with the volcanic spine of the Alaskan peninsula visible in the distance. A scarlet glow became visible in the distance, flickering through the ethereal trees surrounding the two. Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer. Looking southeast, Sante Fe is visible in the distance, spilling down the plain. Indeed, it was Captain William Fall, out in the distance, just barely visible to the naked eye. I craned my neck to try and see into the distance but all I could see was a bunch of lights in the distance. No light was visible in the distance, save for that from which he'd come. Ragged sheets of rain were visible in the distance, and pale lightning strikes forked against the clouds. Stretching, Jim looked around, taking note of the large land masses visible in the distance to either side of them. Synonyms far away, far off, afar 1.4 An interval of time. a distance of more than twenty years Example sentencesExamples In my memory there is a stillness, a quietness about her that I can still feel, that is almost visible, even in the distance of many years. For others, the distance of three years makes what happened feel both implausible and unforgivable. But I cannot look upon these plans at a distance of six months, without feeling that past events ought to teach me how little I can depend on the future. Synonyms space of time, interval 2The full length of a race. he claimed the 10,000 meter title in only his second race over the distance Example sentencesExamples In one-loft racing all birds race the same distance and there is a single finishing point. Unlike the well-known Hawaii Ironman, the Olympic distance seems much more humane by comparison. You can compete in any Indy race, over any distance and in any car. Up until this point race distances varied and there were no restrictions on the design or construction of boats. It will be an Olympic distance triathlon with a 1.5km swim, a 40 km cycle ride and a 10 km run. This was our first race team test with the two new cars and we were able to complete simulated race distances with Jenson and Takuma. The compounds we used in Australia would probably have lasted for three race distances, but some teams have pushed their tyres right to the limit today. Broken swims are often race distances divided into smaller increments with rest periods after each segment. You sweat an awful lot and can lose 2 to 2.5 kg over a race distance. There was a penalty to all this, in that the race distances had to be reduced by one lap from the planned distance. Intense neuromuscular training at race distances can't be sustained for weeks at a time. But golden girl Holmes is almost certain to do only one of her Olympic distances because of a slight injury. Because it is the last time you will ever see the distance raced at an international championships indoors. Chris Brogan was the only wheelchair athlete to complete the Olympic triathlon distance. In 2002 I swam the sprint event and the next year moved up to the Olympic distance. Tomorrow's slightly shorter distance is her favour as she faces the starter with Jamie Spencer on board. It seems than Bridgestone made a good tyre over a single-lap, their problem in the recent past, but it needs to be improved over the race distance. The teams have to walk a distance of 100 miles over the course of ten days. Kiplagat spotted Kiptoo's potential a year and a half before her camp was officially opened and persuaded her to race longer distances. The racing distance in the World Championships is governed by time, with the race lasting 40 minutes. 2.1North American Horse racing The distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat. Example sentencesExamples Most of the "Kentucky horses" made the distance and were able to continue on. 2.2the distanceBoxing The scheduled length of a fight. he has won his first five fights inside the distance Example sentencesExamples In the same year, Larry had 12 fights, winning all bouts some inside the distance. Peralta takes Foreman the distance and loses a unanimous decision. Arthur has won all 16 of his professional fights so far, 14 inside the distance, and is already ranked 19 in the world. So they continued until Nijinsky had gone two lengths clear inside the distance. Hersisia, 29, has won all of his 21 bouts so far with 16 stoppages inside the distance. 3The avoidance of familiarity; aloofness or reserve. a mix of warmth and distance makes a good neighbor Example sentencesExamples Dimbleby will be advantaged by the fact that he has never been in BBC programming management and that he has a blend of familiarity yet distance. I wanted her to either slap me or show me some warmth, the emotional distance was too much to bear. Synonyms aloofness, remoteness, detachment, stand-offishness, unfriendliness, haughtiness, hauteur, coolness, coldness, frigidity verbˈdistənsˈdɪstəns [with object] 1Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature. her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children Example sentencesExamples I'm glad it distances me because I'd rather not be sucked into a movie that had it's own paths for me to go down. Mahathir has attempted to shore up his position by trying to distance the government from corruption allegations. There is a preposterousness in the book and the script which distances the audience from both the storyline and the characters. And an ever increasing gap distances common man and the cops. E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal. We don't really approve of work which distances the mother from the child. Not only does he have to deal with the French barrier, but speaking Patois also distances him from the English-speakers. Flat canvases demanded visual focus; Chen felt this isolated them and distanced her from intimate interaction with them. Being housed in Melbourne distances them from their major business and fails to respond to future trends. The emotion is characteristically distanced in the first stanza. I am convinced that someone, even several people, had the task of distancing my brother from his family. Their separation had distanced them in mind as well as body. The very nature of genre fiction distances the reader from these issues. I have had a theory that sending money to charities can distance people from the pain and struggle of others. The strangely melancholy beauty of these places can't be traversed - we're hopelessly distanced from nature. He also distances the viewers from the characters, choosing to focus on the collective struggle rather than the more personal ones. Any time things got serious I could pull back and allow for some laughs, which was really a way to distance people. He creates a veil between viewer and subject and, with over-emphasis on craft, runs the risk of distancing his audience. The reason is that there were some bad pagan customs surrounding cemeteries, and he wanted to distance his people from them. The personal explanation given today will not distance the honourable member from that. Synonyms withdraw, detach, separate, dissociate, remove, isolate, put at a distance, keep at arm's length, set apart, place far off 1.1distance oneself from Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something) he sought to distance himself from the proposals Example sentencesExamples Subjects further distanced themselves by attributing such experiences to ‘the old me.’ But distancing ourselves seems to be the only way to lessen the struggle. Clearly, the Huntingdon Connection distanced itself early on from Marrant and his mission. Father was depressed and distanced himself further from me since then. Though the film is undoubtedly a product of widespread Cold War paranoia, the film distances itself enough to objectify its horrors. Sora huffed rudely, distancing himself away from his cousin as if she was a disease. However, instead of this helping me get closer with Ben and Kate, I just distanced myself further. He turned his back towards me as if distancing himself emotionally from me. You distanced yourself completely from what had happened. With The Invisible Man, he was intent on distancing himself as much as possible from the darkness of his past. Synonyms denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with, wash one's hands of, distance oneself from 1.2North American Horse racing Beat (a horse) by a distance. Example sentencesExamples Sir Archy was distanced in the first two heats, but salvaged the final heat. He gave way after the first half-mile and was distanced. Phrases go the distance 1Complete a fight without being knocked out. he went the distance after being floored in the first round Example sentencesExamples Do you think this fight is going to go the distance? Who knows what they would have scored had the fight gone the distance? I'm guessing that Ellis would have won a decision if the fight had gone the distance. As with the previous four fights, the fifth went the distance. If my fights go the distance, it does not bother me. The safest bet here, in my eyes, is to bet the fight to go the distance. Does anyone think the fight is going to go the distance? When a fight goes the distance, a tense interlude settles in while the judges tally the scorecards. Hagler: ‘I'm not worried about the rounds because this fight definitely isn't going the distance.‘ The former WBC champion last year went the distance with Germany's Sven Ottke in an IBF title fight. 1.1(of a boxing match) last the scheduled length. six of his fights went the distance Example sentencesExamples In 1980 he was finally forced to go the distance against journeyman Cookie Wallace. In other words, if a bowler didn't put his opponent away early, he was in trouble - especially if the match went the distance. This time he makes no mistake and the match will go the distance. Anybody who thinks this thing is going the distance will be disappointed. I definitely expect to go the distance; he's a very durable guy. Although Ali went the distance, the injury took its toll and Norton won on a split decision. Whatever happens will happen, but I do not think it is going to go the distance. If he didn't go the distance, he would owe Hopkins $25,000. Lord's was the setting for an historic Test match between two old foes which never seemed likely to go the distance. Hunter drew level after the restart but the match looked destined to go the distance as neither man could take control. 1.2Pitch for the entire length of a game. Example sentencesExamples But it had been a little alarming that Maddux, who three times has led the N.L. in complete games, hadn't gone the distance. Toney went the distance for his 10-inning no-hitter. The Phillies won the game, 7-6, in 17 innings, with Roberts going the distance. Ruth went the distance for a 9-3 win, walking two while striking out three. Podres went the distance for his 14th victory of the season against three losses. Lackey went the distance for the fourth time in 57 career starts, striking out three and walking one. Wells allowed one run on eight hits, while going the distance on just 100 pitches - with only 19 called balls. I started against the Dodgers, went the distance, and we beat them, 9-1. The odds of a pitcher going the distance are higher when he doesn't waste everyone's time with limp-wristed futility at bat. The club has no pitcher with a complete game, although several have appeared capable of going the distance. 1.3Last for a long time. this amplifier system should go the distance Example sentencesExamples The fact that the series even went the distance certainly serves as a testament to the vast improvement that UW has undergone in the past two seasons. Our game plan is to go the distance, in spite of persistent speculation to the contrary. When was the last time a move to amend the Constitution went the distance and actually occurred? She has gone the distance so far and she's proved that she is a tough cookie, so we are praying she will keep getting better. I threw in a six iron at the green, it went the distance and all of a sudden the eagle chance was there. My goodness, she's gone the distance, hasn't she? They had ‘not gone the distance in trying to reach a compromise on the issue’. They are prepared to go the distance on the running machine to stay in the playground of youth. Later, by-the-by, the communion wine jug also went the distance! But the folks at Altoids have really gone the distance - they hired a cartoon artist and programmer to create an entire role-playing adventure. keep one's distance 1Stay far away. keep your distance from birds feeding their young Example sentencesExamples So I decided to keep my distance and stay where I was by my car door. Kevin's eyes stayed locked onto the coffin, and she kept her distance, her feet very solidly planted on the ground. I wished I had stayed in the back of the car and kept my distance, but it was too late. The centurion tried to keep his distance with his long sword, but Jacomus tried to stay close with his gladius. Stay with your friends and I'll keep my distance. We keep our distance, lower our expectations, stay cool, aloof, and separate. If equipped with long range weapons they will keep their distance and try to stay away from your reach. Be accurate, stay focused, be skeptical but never cynical, keep your distance, don't cross what I call the emotional line and listen carefully. Both had done all the right things, the family said - they stayed together, avoided heavy drinking sessions, and kept their distance from local youths. 1.1Maintain one's reserve. you had to say nothing and keep your distance Example sentencesExamples Should I keep my distance to maintain my authority or spend time with everyone to make sure things get done? Moses said he saw that the police kept their distance from reserve communities because of a lack of understanding of the people and their culture. For two years I have kept my thoughts mostly to myself and kept my distance when I couldn't take the rudeness. More arrogant, to me, is the author who keeps his distance from these giants, having a doubtful reservation, than those of us who openly accept them. They opened a discussion in which both freely admitted that, in the past, faith leaders had kept their distance from one another. To a degree I wish I had kept my distance and simply helped her out of that situation as a friend. All in all, though, I've kept my distance from such matters. This is a break with the tradition of analysts keeping their distance from the players in the field so as to maintain their objectivity. The headmaster of Settle High School criticised parents who kept their distance from the school. Better, no doubt, to keep your distance so that you can maintain the coveted adversarial relationship. within — distance Near enough to reach by the means specified. the parking lot is within easy walking distance he wanted to be within driving distance of his grandparents Example sentencesExamples No need for transfers as the terminal is within walking distance. As I live within a short walking distance of a river, I was happy to discover that the chance of my home flooding each year is just 1 in 1,000 or less. On the trail of jingo-narcissism, it's difficult to stay within shouting distance of television. I wanted a good, quiet midprice restaurant within walking distance: the concierge trotted out three, and offered to reserve a table. How about stopping at the most popular scenic spots that are located within a stones throwing distance from the parking lots? Don't compare the skill, courage, or attitudes of your children with other members of the team, at least within their hearing distance. As the Lanarkshire club finally moves to within touching distance of breaking even, it will pain him to leave responsibility for it in someone else's hands. Now, significant clusters have formed within driving distance of airport towns such as Carcassonne and Perpignan. Number 48 will appeal to those buyers who want a period property in very good condition within walking distance of their place of work. Gelston's men though needed more wickets to keep the run-rate within hailing distance of their own flimsy haul of 126. within striking distance Near enough to hit or achieve something. the aircraft carrier is dispatched to deep waters within striking distance of Moscow Example sentencesExamples The bombing had been far worse in the North, where we had lived within striking distance of the chemical works at Billingham. In the second half, UW was able to remain a factor in the game as they kept themselves within striking distance of the hot-shooting Gaels. The Dart is within striking distance and work is well underway on the M50 link near Loughlinstown. Most of his themes were within striking distance of Gordon Brown's vision of a ‘progressive consensus’ in his speech on Monday. This put the Kiwis within striking distance of Canada however not close enough to qualify. Johnstone moved to within striking distance of the 1,000 runs mark by making an unbeaten 77 as Hornsea won by 9 wickets. Within the past few minutes, Dr. Jim Thompson says they're now within striking distance of living independent lives. Any tree within striking distance of a use area should be analyzed. Would you advocate against rebuilding any city within striking distance of the hurricane breeding grounds? Morton stands at the stern of her boat, dip net poised, waiting for two pink salmon smolts to swim within striking distance. Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘discord, debate’): from Old French or from Latin distantia, from distant- ‘standing apart’, from the verb distare (see distant). noun.1 phr.
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