<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.</li><li>the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness.</li><li>a linear extent of space: Seven miles is a distance too great to walk in an hour.</li><li>an expanse; area: A vast distance of water surrounded the ship.</li><li>the interval between two points of time; an extent of time: His vacation period was a good distance away.</li><li>remoteness or difference in any respect: Our philosophies are a long distance apart.</li><li>an amount of progress: We've come a long distance on the project.</li><li>a distant point, place, or region.</li><li>the distant part of a field of view: a tree in the distance.</li><li>absence of warmth; reserve: Their first meeting in several years was hampered by a certain distance between them.</li><li>Synonyms: aloofness, coolness, remoteness, restraint</li><li>Music: interval</li><li>Aesthetic distance.</li><li>Horse Racing: (in a heat race) the space measured back from the winning post that a horse must reach by the time the winner passes the winning post or be eliminated from subsequent heats.</li><li>Mathematics: the greatest lower bound of differences between points, one from each of two given sets.</li><li>Obsolete: disagreement or dissension; a quarrel.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object), distanced, distancing.</li><li>to leave behind at a distance, as at a race; surpass.</li><li>to place at a distance.</li><li>to cause to appear distant.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>