1. (

• distance

) the property created by the space between two objects or points ;

2. (

• distance

) a distant region; "I could see it in the distance" ;

3. (

• distance ,
• length ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• distance ,
• aloofness ,

) indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" ;

5. (

• distance ,
• space

) the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" ;

6. (

• distance ,

) 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" ;

1. (

• distance

) keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" ;

2. (

• outdistance ,
• outstrip ,
• distance

) go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" ;