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
NOUNKeep at a distance.
“we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living”
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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