📏distance

noun
/ˈdɪstəns/

Meaning

The amount of space between two points or places.
the length of space between two points; remoteness in place, time, or relationship

Example Sentences

The distance between Dhaka and Chittagong is about 250 kilometers.

The distance between the two cities is approximately three hundred kilometers.

Example Expressions

keep your distance

Synonyms

gap, space, length, interval, remoteness
Entry 1
gap, space, length, interval, remoteness
Entry 2
space, gap, interval, remoteness

Antonyms

closeness, nearness, proximity, adjacency
Entry 1
closeness, nearness
Entry 2
closeness, proximity, nearness, adjacency

Collocations

long distance, travel distance, distance learning, safe distance, short distance, keep distance
Entry 1
long distance, travel distance, distance learning, safe distance
Entry 2
long distance, short distance, keep distance

More Example Sentences

The shoes are suitable for walking long distances.

These shoes are suitable for walking long distances.

Technology enables us to communicate across distance.

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app until she feels strong enough to join a local running group

A man teaches his daughter to ride a horse at a small ranch outside the city on a calm Sunday morning and helps her climb into the saddle for the first time while holding the reins to keep the horse steady and she grips tightly at first, feeling both scared and excited but slowly relaxes as the horse walks in a gentle circle and by the end of the lesson she rides a short distance on her own

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app until she feels strong enough to join a local running group that trains together for a charity race every spring.

A man teaches his daughter to ride a horse at a small ranch outside the city on a calm Sunday morning and helps her climb into the saddle for the first time while holding the reins to keep the horse steady and she grips tightly at first, feeling both scared and excited but slowly relaxes as the horse walks in a gentle circle and by the end of the lesson she rides a short distance on her own beaming with pride and already asking when they can come back again.

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