What is the meaning of distance?

noun

• The property created by the space between two objects or points.
• A distant region.
  • usage: "I could see it in the distance"
• Size of the gap between two places.
  • usage: "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
  • synonyms: length
• Indifference by personal withdrawal.
  • usage: "emotional distance"
  • synonyms: aloofness
• The interval between two times.
  • usage: "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
  • synonyms: space
• A remote point in time.
  • usage: "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"

verb

• Keep at a distance.
  • usage: "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
• Go far ahead of.
  • usage: "He outdistanced the other runners"
  • synonyms: outdistance, outstrip