What is the meaning of distant?

adjective

  • Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.
    • usage: "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
  • Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship .
    • usage: "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
  • Remote in manner.
    • usage: "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  • Separate or apart in time.
    • usage: "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
  • Located far away spatially.
    • usage: "distant lands"; "remote stars"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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