distance

/dɪstəns/ verbnoun
8 letters2 syllables11 points in Scrabble®13 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS8
VERB
1

Go far ahead of.

“He outdistanced the other runners”

2

Keep at a distance.

“we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living”

NOUN
1

Size of the gap between two places.

“the distance from New York to Chicago”

2

The interval between two times.

“the distance from birth to death”

3

Indifference by personal withdrawal.

“emotional distance”

4

A distant region.

“I could see it in the distance”

5

A remote point in time.

“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”

6

The property created by the space between two objects or points.

WORD FORMS
Related formdistant
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®13 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinistanceday
Starts & ends withD … E
Syllablesdis · tance
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
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