DISTANT
\dˈɪstənt], \dˈɪstənt], \d_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DISTANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"
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steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
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Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
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Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
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Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
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Far separated; far off; not near; remote; - in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
By Oddity Software
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Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
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Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
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Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
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Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
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Far separated; far off; not near; remote; - in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Remote in place, or in time, or in the line of succession, or in natural connection or consanguinity, or in nature, and so not allied, or in view, and so not very likely to be realized, or in connection, and so not easily seen or understood, or to sense, and so indistinct;-reserved; cold.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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