[noun] the property created by the space between two objects or points
[noun] a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
[noun] size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" Synonyms:length
[noun] indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" Synonyms:aloofness
[noun] the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" Synonyms:space
[noun] 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"
[verb] keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
[verb] go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" Synonyms:outoutstrip
