noun. The extent of space between two objects or places; an intervening space.

noun. The fact or condition of being apart in space; remoteness.

noun. The length or numerical value of a straight line or curve.

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noun. The extent of space between points on a measured course.

noun. The length of a race, especially of a horserace.

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noun. A point or area that is far away.

noun. A depiction of a such a point or area.

noun. A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse.

noun. The extent of time between two events; an intervening period.

noun. A point removed in time.

noun. The full period or length of a contest or game.

noun. An amount of progress.

noun. Difference or disagreement.

noun. Emotional separateness or reserve; aloofness.

transitive verb. To place or keep at or as if at a distance.

transitive verb. To cause to appear at a distance.

transitive verb. To leave far behind; outrun.

To place at a distance; situate remotely.

To cause to appear at a distance; cause to appear remote.

In horse-racing, to beat in a race by at least the space between the distance-post and the winning-post; hence, to leave behind in a race; get far ahead of. See distance, n., 3.

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To get in advance of; gain a superiority over; outdo; excel.

noun. In psychology, extension in the third dimension; spatial depth.

noun. In painting, remoteness of objects as indicated by increased delicacy and harmony of color.

noun. The measure of the interval between two objects in space, or, by extension, between two points of time; the length of the straight line from one point to another, and hence of time intervening between one event or period and another: as, the distance between New York and San Francisco; the distance of two events from each other; a distance of five miles; events only the distance of an hour apart. In navigation distances are usually measured along rhumb-lines.

noun. A definite or measured space to be maintained between two divisions of a body of troops, two combatants in a duel, or the like: as (in command), take your distances.

noun. In horse-racing, the space measured back from the winning-post which a horse, in heat-races, must have reached when the winning horse has covered the whole course in order to be entitled to enter subsequent heats.

noun. In music, the interval or difference between two tones. See interval.

noun. Remoteness of place or time; a remote place or time: as, at a great distance; a light appeared in the distance.

noun. Remoteness in succession or relation: as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor; there is a much greater distance between the ranks of major and captain than between those of captain and first lieutenant.

noun. Remoteness in intercourse; reserve of manner, induced by or manifesting reverence, respect, dignity, dislike, coldness or alienation of feeling, etc.

noun. Dissension; strife; disturbance.

transitive verb. To place at a distance or remotely.

transitive verb. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

transitive verb. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

noun. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

noun. Remoteness of place; a remote place.

noun. A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

noun. Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

noun. Space between two antagonists in fencing.

noun. The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

noun. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

noun. Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

noun. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

noun. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

noun. Remoteness in succession or relation.

noun. The interval between two notes.

noun. the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects.