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   Dis·tant

   /ˈdist(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. far away in space or time: "distant parts of the world" Similar farawayfar offfarremoteout of the wayoutlyingabroadfar-flungobscureisolatedcut offoff the beaten tracklong agobygoneancientprehistoricantediluvianimmemorialliterary:oldenof yoreawayoffapartseparatedOpposite nearrecent
   • ▪ (after a measurement) at a specified distance: "the star is 30,000 light years distant from Earth"
   • ▪ (of a sound) faint or vague because far away: "the distant bark of some farm dog"
   • ▪ remote or far apart in resemblance or relationship: "a distant acquaintance" Similar remoteindirectslightOpposite close
   • ▪ (of a person) not closely related: "a distant cousin"
   • 2. (of a person) not intimate; cool or reserved: "his children found him strangely distant" Similar aloofreservedremotedetachedunapproachablestandoffishkeeping people at arm's lengthwithdrawnrestrainedreticenttaciturnuncommunicativeundemonstrativeunforthcomingcoolcoldfrigidchillyicyfrostyformalstiffstuffyceremoniousunresponsiveunfriendlyhaughtyforbiddingausteremean-lookingOpposite friendly
   • ▪ remote; abstracted: "a distant look in his eyes" Similar distractedabsentmindedabsentfarawaydetacheddistraitvagueOpposite attentive

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin distant- ‘standing apart’, from the verb distare, from dis- ‘apart’ + stare ‘stand’.

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