Distant
adjective
Far away in space or time.
She moved to a distant town.
Often appears as...
- distant past
- distant relative
adjective
Not close in relationship.
He's a distant cousin of mine.
Often appears as...
- distant relative
- distant ancestor
adjective
Not immediately connected with something.
The subject is a little distant from our discussion.
Often appears as...
- distant relation
- distant connection
adjective
Not communicating much or avoiding intimacy.
She's been very distant lately. I'm worried about her.
Often appears as...
- distant behaviour
- distant look
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Far away in space or time.
She moved to a distant town.
Often appears as...
- distant past
- distant relative
adjective
Not close in relationship.
He's a distant cousin of mine.
Often appears as...
- distant relative
- distant ancestor
adjective
Not immediately connected with something.
The subject is a little distant from our discussion.
Often appears as...
- distant relation
- distant connection
adjective
Not communicating much or avoiding intimacy.
She's been very distant lately. I'm worried about her.
Often appears as...
- distant behaviour
- distant look
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Distance
Refers to actual space between locations; greater the distance, lesser the interaction.
The islands are distant from the mainland, making travel challenging.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Separation
When describing time, 'distant' implies a long time ago, often historical.
In the distant past, people communicated by writing letters.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Distance
Refers to actual space between locations; greater the distance, lesser the interaction.
The islands are distant from the mainland, making travel challenging.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Separation
When describing time, 'distant' implies a long time ago, often historical.
In the distant past, people communicated by writing letters.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Distance
Refers to actual space between locations; greater the distance, lesser the interaction.
The islands are distant from the mainland, making travel challenging.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Separation
When describing time, 'distant' implies a long time ago, often historical.
In the distant past, people communicated by writing letters.
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Questions No One Knows...
is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me.
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How many universes are...
is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice, obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos that make up you and me.
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Why elephants never...
And despite the distant relation, convergent evolution has made it remarkably similar to the human brain, with as many neurons and synapses and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection
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His Epic Message Will...
don't want to get too spiritual but how are we not a miracle we are perfectly positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
one of the most distant images of our universe ever observed. Everything you see here is a galaxy, comprised of billions of stars each. And the farthest galaxy is a trillion, trillion kilometers away. As an astrophysicist, I have the awesome privilege of studying
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The evolution of the...
Today, doctors and scientists are looking at different eye structures to help design biomechanical implants for the vision impaired. And in the not so distant future, the machines built with the precision and flexibilty of the human eye
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Uncovering a radical...
additional cost when I say that prof. Scouts are the future of solar I don't mean in the distant future prof Scots are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably
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Light seconds, light...
Through our understanding of this relationship between brightness and decline rate, we can use these supernovae to probe distances up to several billions of light years away. But why is it important to see such distant objects anyway?
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Should we be looking for...
it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide. Could one of these distant worlds carry the building blocks of life?
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4 Adorable Animals That...
group really does help one animal has a name that you would usually associate with the Outback of Australia but unlike its distant cousins
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Questions No One Knows...
is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me.
Video examples
How many universes are...
is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice, obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos that make up you and me.
Video examples
Why elephants never...
And despite the distant relation, convergent evolution has made it remarkably similar to the human brain, with as many neurons and synapses and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
don't want to get too spiritual but how are we not a miracle we are perfectly positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
one of the most distant images of our universe ever observed. Everything you see here is a galaxy, comprised of billions of stars each. And the farthest galaxy is a trillion, trillion kilometers away. As an astrophysicist, I have the awesome privilege of studying
Video examples
The evolution of the...
Today, doctors and scientists are looking at different eye structures to help design biomechanical implants for the vision impaired. And in the not so distant future, the machines built with the precision and flexibilty of the human eye
Video examples
Uncovering a radical...
additional cost when I say that prof. Scouts are the future of solar I don't mean in the distant future prof Scots are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably
Video examples
Light seconds, light...
Through our understanding of this relationship between brightness and decline rate, we can use these supernovae to probe distances up to several billions of light years away. But why is it important to see such distant objects anyway?
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide. Could one of these distant worlds carry the building blocks of life?
Video examples
4 Adorable Animals That...
group really does help one animal has a name that you would usually associate with the Outback of Australia but unlike its distant cousins
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Ludwig van Beethoven
German Composer
The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.
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Jemele Hill
American Journalist
I think that a lot of people, especially as technology began to speed up and we became more distant, we kind of started to lose our appreciation for human contact and gathering and friendships and a lot of the things that we really took for granted.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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Helen Keller
American Author
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.
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Yves Saint Laurent
French Designer
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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John W. Gardner
American Educator
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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James Norton
English Actor
For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.
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Edward Gibbon
English Historian
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
German Composer
The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.
Quote examples
Jemele Hill
American Journalist
I think that a lot of people, especially as technology began to speed up and we became more distant, we kind of started to lose our appreciation for human contact and gathering and friendships and a lot of the things that we really took for granted.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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Helen Keller
American Author
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.
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Yves Saint Laurent
French Designer
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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John W. Gardner
American Educator
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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James Norton
English Actor
For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.
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Edward Gibbon
English Historian
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
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