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Noun distance has 6 senses

distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points
--₁ is a kind of spacing, spatial arrangement
--₁ has particulars:

distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
--₂ is a kind of region, part
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"
--₃ is a kind of size
--₃ has particulars:
leg; arm's length; gauge; light time; skip distance; wingspan, wingspread; wingspread; altitude
distance, aloofness - indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
--₄ is a kind of indifference

Derived form: verb distance₁
distance, space - the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
--₅ is a kind of time interval, interval
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"
--₆ is a kind of point, point in time

Verb distance has 2 senses

distance - keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
--₁ is one way to keep, maintain, hold

Derived form: noun distance₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
outdistance, outstrip, distance - go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"
--₂ is one way to leave behind
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody