long-distanceadjective [ before noun ], adverb
uk/ˌlɒŋˈdɪs.təns/us/ˌlɑːŋˈdɪs.təns/B2 travelling a long way, or separated by a long distance:
a long-distance runner
long-distance lorry drivers
a long-distance phone call
More examples
- Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
- The pick-up point for the long-distance coaches is now in the new bus station.
- Like most long-distance runners she is very slight.
- He snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work!
- As a long-distance runner, she's in a class of her own.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- away
- beaten
- far
- furthermost
- furthest
- infinity
- light year
- light years away idiom
- lonely
- middle
- the back of beyond idiom
- virtually
- wide
- you're getting colder idiom
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