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distance

Syllables: dis·tance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/

distance noun: an amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Noun

distance (countable and uncountable, plural distances)

  1. An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
    • [S]he […] gaue vs into our boate our ſupper halfe dreſſed, pots, and all, and brought vs to our boates ſide, in which wee laye all night, remoouing the ſame a pretie diſtance from the ſhoare: […]1584, Arthur Barlowe, “The First Voyage Made to the Coastes of America, with Two Barkes, wherein were Captaines Master Philip Amadas, and Master Arthur Barlowe, who Discouered Part of the Countrey...
    • The prince is here at hand, pleaſeth your Lordſhip / To meet his grace iuſt diſtance tvveene our armies.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    Synonyms:
    spread
    1. Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic), any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.
  2. Chiefly in from a distance: a place which is far away or remote; specifically (especially painting), a more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground.
    • VVhen from a Diſtance (I ſpeak vvith the Vulgar) vve behold great Objects, the Particles of the intermediate Air and Vapours, vvhich are themſelves unperceivable, do interrupt the Rays of Light, and thereby render the Appearance leſs Strong and Vivid; […]1709, George Berkeley, “[Section] LXXII. Objection Answer’d.”, in An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, Dublin: […] Aaron Rhames, […], for Jeremy [i.e., Jeremiah] Pepyat, […], →OCLC, page 79
    • Vievv'd from a diſtance, and vvith heedleſs eyes, / Folly and innocence are ſo alike, / The diff'rence, though eſſential, fails to ſtrike.1782, William Cowper, “The Progress of Error”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 51
  3. Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.
    • angular distance focal distance
    • The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.
  4. An interval or length of time between events.
    • VVe cannot tell, at this diſtance of time, vvhich Converſation vvas firſt, that vvith Phalaris, or that vvith Leon.1697, Richard Bentley, “Of Phalaris’s Epistles”, in A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and Others; and the Fables of Æsop, London: […] J. Leake, for...
    • I Muſt help my Preface by a Poſtſcript, to tell the Reader, that there is Ten Years Diſtance betvveen my vvriting the One and the Other; and that (vvhatever I thought then, and have ſomevvhere ſaid, that I vvould publiſh no more Poetry) He vvill find ſeveral Copies of Verſes ſcattered through this...1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Postscript”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, signature d, recto
  5. (figuratively) A separation in some way other than space or time.
    • The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
    • He ſhall in ſtrangeſt, ſtand no farther off, / Then in a politique diſtance.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  6. (obsolete) Synonym of length (“an extent measured along the longest dimension of an object”).
    Synonyms:
    length
  7. (figuratively, obsolete) A disagreement, a dispute; also, an estrangement.
    Synonyms:
    quarrel
  8. (obsolete) A difference in pitch between sounds; an interval.
    • [N]other perceaueth the concordaunt and diſcordante diſtaunces of ſoundes, and tunes […]1551, Thomas More, “The Second Boke of the Communycacion of Raphael Hythlodaye, Concernynge the Best State of a Commen Wealthe: Cõteynyng the Discription of Utopia, with a Large Declaration of the...
  9. The amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
    • The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.
    • From Moscow, the distance is relatively short to Saint Petersburg, relatively long to Novosibirsk, but even greater to Vladivostok.
    1. The maximum amount of space between a boxer and their opponent within which the boxer can punch effectively.
    2. Often in go the distance, last the distance, or stay the distance: the scheduled duration of a bout.
    3. The amount of space between a fencer and their opponent, which the fencer tries to control in order to gain an advantage over the opponent.
      • [William] Page. I haue heard the French-man hath good skill in his Rapier. / [Robert] Shal[low]. Tut ſir: I could haue told you more: In theſe times you ſtand on diſtance: your Paſſes, Stoccado's, and I knovv not vvhat: […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    4. Originally, the space measured back from the winning post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in a subsequent heat; also, the point on the racecourse that space away from the winning post; now, the point on a racecourse 240 yards from the winning post.
      • THere vvere a Great many Brave, Sightly Horſes vvith Rich Trappings that vvere brought out One day to the Courſe, and Only One Plain Nag in the Company that made ſport for All the reſt. But vvhen they came at laſt to the Tryal, This vvas the Horſe that ran the VVhole Field out of Diſtance, and VVon...1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Abstemius, &c.] Fab[le] CCCXXXIX. A Plain Horse Wins the Prize.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […]...
    5. The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.
    6. The complete length of a course over which a race is run.
  10. Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.
    • There was a little light / That twinkled in the misty distance: […]1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto II”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 21
    • They walked along the road; Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 48
  11. The state of being separated from something else, especially by a long way; the state of being far off or remote; farness, remoteness.
    • Some Figures monſtrous and miſ-ſhap'd appear, / Conſider'd ſingly, or beheld too near, / VVhich, but proportion'd to their Light, or Place, / Due Diſtance reconciles to Form and Grace.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 12
    • [Julius] Cæſar is ſtill diſpoſed to give us Terms, / And vvaits at Diſtance 'till he hears from Cato.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 60
  12. (figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
    • He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.
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  1. (figuratively) The state of remoteness or separation in some way other than space or time.
    • the distance between a descendant and their ancestor
    • We’re narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.
  2. (figuratively) The state of people not being close, friendly, or intimate with each other; also, the state of people who were once close, friendly, or intimate with each other no longer being so; estrangement.
    • For ſhe vvas ſought by ſpirits of ritcheſt cote, / But kept cold diſtance, and did thence remoue, / To ſpend her liuing in eternall loue.1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature L, recto
    • [F]oul diſtruſt, and breach / Diſloyal on the part of Man, revolt, / And diſobedience: On the part of Heav'n / Novv alienated, diſtance and diſtaſte, / Anger and juſt rebuke, and judgement giv'n, […]1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature...
    Synonyms:
    alienation
  3. (figuratively) Excessive reserve or lack of friendliness shown by a person; aloofness, coldness.
  4. (figuratively, obsolete) The rank to which an important person belongs.
    • [T]o your eye, / Theſe (Madame) that vvithout your diſtance lie, / Muſt either miſt, or nothing ſeeme to be, […]a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “To the Countesse of Huntington”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, […], published 1639, →OCLC...
    • I am not ſatisfied in vvhat diſtance properly to place theſe perſons. Some, perchance, vvill account it too high, to rank them amongſt Martyrs; and ſurely, I conceive it too lovv, to eſteem them but bare Confeſſours.1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II. To Mr. Thomas Bowyer of the Old Jury Merchant.”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book VIII, subsection 33 (Of Those who...
  5. (figuratively, obsolete) The state of disagreement or dispute between people; dissension.
    • Macb[eth]. Both of you knovv Banquo vvas your Enemie. / Murth[erer]. True, my Lord. / Macb. So is he mine: and in ſuch bloody diſtance, / That euery minute of his being, thruſts / Againſt my neer'ſt of Life: […]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • Generally, the Diuiding and Breaking of all Factions, and Combinations that are aduerſe to the State, and ſetting them at diſtance, or at leaſt diſtruſt amongſt themſelues, is not one of the vvorſt Remedies.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 88
  6. (figuratively, obsolete) Often followed by to or towards: an attitude of remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, ceremoniousness.
    • [T]hough you ſee / The King is kind, I hope your modeſty / VVill knovv, vvhat diſtance to the Crovvn is due.1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I...
    • I vvill not ſift into them too minutely; for I'll obſerve the reſpect and diſtance that's due to him from his Scholar: […]1699, Richard Bentley, “A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris”, in A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an Answer to the Objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esquire...

Verb

distance (third-person singular simple present distances, present participle distancing, simple past and past participle distanced)

  1. (transitive) Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
    • If therefore the Interpoſition of Gloceſterſhire diſtanceth VVorceſterſhire from confining on the VVeſt-Saxons, the Animadvertor ought to have vented his diſpleaſure not on Me, but on Bede, and [Henry of] Huntington, vvhoſe vvords I exactly tranſlated.1659, Thomas Fuller, “The Second Book. Of the Conversion of the Saxons, and that which Followed thereupon till the Norman Conquest.”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: Unto the Religious Learned...
    • The faireſt [oxen] in England are bred (or if you vvill, made) in this County, vvith goodly heads, the Tips of vvhoſe horns are ſometimes diſtanced five foot aſunder.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Lancashire”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
    • That vvhich gives the Relievo to a Bovvl, (may ſome ſay to me) is the quick Light, or the vvhite, vvhich appears to be on the ſide, vvhich is neareſt to us, and the black by conſequence diſtances the Object: […]1695, [Roger de Piles], “Observations on the Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting...
    • Below you, where the valley widens greenly toward other mountains, which the ripe Italian air distances with a bloom like that on unplucked grapes, are more arches, ossified arteries of what was once the heart of the world.1854 April, James Russell Lowell, “Leaves from My Journal in Italy and Elsewhere. Italy.”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC, page 191
  3. (transitive) To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
    • Our fleeter steeds have distanced our attendants; / They lag behind us with a slower pace; / We will await them under the green pendants / Of the great willows in this shady place.1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 238
    • He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades. Then the horse, with muscles as strong as steel, distanced the sound.1891, Charles Egbert Craddock [pseudonym; Mary Noailles Murfree], chapter V, in In the “Stranger People’s” Country […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 120
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
  6. (figuratively, reflexive, transitive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
    • He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
    • [S]ince the Church hath, and ought to have a Government, it muſt not only be inoffenſive, but moſt proper, to call it an Hierarchy, or holy Government; […] Beſides, [John] Calvin admitting of ſacrum regimen [holy government], over nicely diſtanceth himſelf from thoſe vvho call it Hierarchy, for he...1662, Daniel Burston, ΈΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΤΗΣ ἐτι ΈΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ [ÉUAGGELISTES eti ÉUAGGELIZOMENOS] or, The Evangelist yet Evangelizing. […], Dublin: […] John Crook, […], and are to be sold by Samuel Dancer...
  7. (US, archaic, transitive) Of a racehorse: to beat (another horse) by a certain distance; also (passive voice), to cause (a horse) to be disqualified by beating it by a certain distance.
    • [H]e is of Opinion it is inhuman, that Animals ſhould be put upon their utmoſt Strength and Metal for our Diverſion only. Hovvever, not to be particular, he puts in for the Queen's Plate every Year, vvith Orders to his Rider never to vvin or be diſtanced; […]1713 March 29 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “Wednesday, March 18. 1713.”, in The Guardian, number 6, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […]; and sold by A. Baldwin […], →OCLC, page [2], column 1
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To cover the entire distance to (something).
    • The ſunne and all the ſtarres that do appear / She [Psyche] feels them in herſelf, can diſtance all, / For ſhe is at each one purely preſentiall.1642, H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ [Psychathanasia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Poem of the Immortality of Souls, Especially Mans Soul”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the...
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To depart from (a place); to leave (a place) behind.
    • [W]e heard the joyous voices sound louder and freer as they distanced the solemn precincts, scattering frolic and music through the town as they separated to their different homes.1873, [Elizabeth Charles], chapter VII, in Against the Stream: The Story of an Heroic Age in England […], volume I, London: Strahan & Co. […], →OCLC, page 139
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To indicate or measure the distance to (a place).
    • THe Hebrevvs diſtanced their places by ſeverall meaſures, ſome arbitrary, caſuall, and uncertain; others certain, as reduced to a conſtant ſtandard. Of the former vvas their meaſuring of land by paces, for vve read, vvhen David ſolemnly brought the Ark into Jeruſalem, vvhen he had gone ſix paces he...1650, Thomas Fuller, “[The Generall Description of Judea] How the Hebrews Measured Places. Of Their Cubits, Furlongs, Miles and Sabbath-days-journeys.”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the...
  11. (obsolete, transitive) To set (two or more things) at regular distances from each other; to space, to space out.
    • In the deſign of a Colonnade, or ſingle Columns, the Inter-columns are tvvo diameters, as in the Portico of St. Maria Rotunda at Rome; and this manner of diſtancing the Columns is, by Vitruvius, call'd Syſtylos.1715, Giacomo Leoni, “Of the Corinthian Order”, in Nicholas Du Bois, transl., The Architecture of A[ndrea] Palladio; […], London: […] John Watts, for the author, →OCLC, page 30
  12. (intransitive, reflexive) To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
  13. (figuratively, intransitive, reflexive) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.
    • When a family member goes outside of the family to deal with a problem, he or she distances from the family. The family therapist offers the family the opportunity to deal with problems in a way that will allow them to deepen their connections with each other. The therapist will not be able to...1992, David S. Freeman, “The Major Systems Involved in the Family Therapy Process”, in Multigenerational Family Therapy, Binghamton, N.Y.; London: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 66
    • Also, due to irritability, tension, startle reactions, and feelings of no future love and enjoyment, the partners distance one from another and stop doing things together. […] The therapeutic relationship with PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] patients is very difficult at the beginning of the...2021, Goran Arbanas, “Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders”, in Michal Lew-Starowicz, Annamaria Giraldi, Tillman H. C. Krüger, editors, Psychiatry and Sexual Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinical...

distance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

distance in Hindi

(countable, uncountable) amount of space between points
दूरी dūrī
place that is far away or remote
दूर dūr
interval or length of time between events
अंतराल antrāl
to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something
दूर हटना dūr haṭnā

distance in Tamil

(countable, uncountable) amount of space between points
தொலைவு tolaivu, தூரம் tūram
place that is far away or remote
தொலை tolai
place which is far away or remote; more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground
தொலை tolai
interval or length of time between events
இடைவெளி iṭaiveḷi

distance in Marathi

distance
अंतर antar

distance in Urdu

(countable, uncountable) amount of space between points
دُوری dūrī, فاصِلَہ fāsila, فاصَلَہ fāsala, مَسافَت masāfat
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distance in Bengali
দূরত্ব durotto
distance in Telugu
దూరం చేసుకొను dūraṁ cēsukonu
distance in Malayalam
അകലം akalaṁ, ദൂരം dūraṁ, അകലുക akaluka
distance in Kannada
ದೂರ, ಅಂತರ, ಅವಕಾಶ, ಎಡೆ
distance in Punjabi
ਪੰਧ pandh, ਫ਼ਾਸਲਾ fāslā, ਅੰਤਰ antar
distance in Odia
ଅଧ୍ୱ adhwa, ବାଟ bāṭa
distance in Sanskrit
दू॒र dūrá
distance in Assamese
দূৰৈ duroi, দূৰতা durota, দূৰত্ব durotto
distance in Pashto
واټن
distance in Tagalog
agwat
distance in Arabic
بُعْد buʕd, مَسَافَة masāfa, بَعَّدَ baʕʕada
distance in Malay
jarak
distance in Indonesian
jarak, menjauhi
distance in Persian
دوری جستن duri jostan
distance in Thai
ระยะห่าง rá-yá-hàang, ระยะทาง rá-yá-taang
distance in Vietnamese
khoảng cách
distance in Myanmar
အကွာအဝေး a.kwaa.we:

Examples of distance in a sentence

  • The third of Aprill, early in the morning, vvee had ſight of the Holy Port [Porto Santo], belonging to the Spaniard, vvhich Ile at eight leagues diſtance, gaue it ſelfe in this ſhape vnto vs.1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “[Holy Port]”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […]...
  • Novv by this time the Man vvas got a good diſtance from them; But hovvever they vvere reſolved to purſue him; vvhich they did and in little time they over-took him1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 4:
  • VVe kept at a good diſtance off ſhore, and ſavv no Land till the 14th day; but then, being in lat. 12 d. 50 m. the Volcan of Guatimala appeared in ſight.1697, William Dampier, chapter VIII, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 225:
  • Helim had placed tvvo of his ovvn Mules at about a Mile's Diſtance from the black Temple, on the Spot vvhich they had agreed upon for their Rendezvous.1713 November 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “Tuesday, September 22. 1713.”, in The Guardian, number 167, London: […] J[acob]...

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Forms of distance

Noun
pluraldistances
alternative formdistaunce
alternative formdistancy
Verb
third-person singular presentdistances
present participledistancing
past participledistanced
pastdistanced
second-person singular present (archaic)distancest
second-person singular past (archaic)distancedst
third-person singular present (archaic)distanceth

Past tense of distance: distanced

Plural of distance: distances

Origin of distance

From Middle English distance, distaunce, destance (“disagreement, dispute; discrimination; armed conflict; hostility; trouble; space between two points; time interval”), from Anglo-Norman distance, distaunce, destance, Middle French distance, and Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”) (modern French distance), and directly from their etymon Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”) (whence also Late Latin distantia (“disagreement; discrepancy; gap, opening; time interval”)), from distāns (“being distant; standing apart”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Distāns is the present active participle of distō (“to be distant; to stand apart; to differ”), from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder; in two’) + stō (“to stand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Middle Dutch distancie, distantie (modern Dutch distantie); Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”) * German Distanz; German Abstand * Italian distanza * Portuguese...

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Questions about distance

What does distance mean?
Distance means an amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
What is distance in Hindi?
Distance in Hindi is दूरी (dūrī), दूर (dūr), अंतराल (antrāl). See Distance meaning in Hindi.
How do you use distance in a sentence?
The third of Aprill, early in the morning, vvee had ſight of the Holy Port [Porto Santo], belonging to the Spaniard, vvhich Ile at eight leagues diſtance, gaue it ſelfe in this ſhape vnto vs.
What part of speech is distance?
Distance can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce distance?
Distance is pronounced /ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/ (UK).
What is the plural of distance?
The plural of distance is distances.

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  11. distance formula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distance (page history and authors); अंतर (Marathi) (page history and authors); distance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅੰਤਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଅଧ୍ୱ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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