Distant

Definition: Distant

Distant

Adjective

1. Separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call".

2. Far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness".

3. Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile".

4. Far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times".

5. Far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities".

Date "distant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Distant \Dis"tant\, adjective. [French expression, from the Latin expression distans, -antis, present participle of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- stare to stand. See Stand.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Distance

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The distance between two points is the length of a straight line between them. In the case of two locations on Earth, usually the distance along the surface is meant: either "as the crow flies" (along a great circle) or by road, railroad, etc. Distance is sometimes expressed in terms of the time to cover it, for example walking or by car. Sometimes a distance thus indicated is ambiguous because the means of transport is neither mentioned nor obvious.
Distance as mentioned above is sometimes not symmetric, hence not a metric (see below): this applies to distance by car in the case of one-way streets, and also in the case the distance is expressed in terms of the time to cover it (a road may be more crowded in one direction than in the other, for a ship upstream and downstream makes a difference).
As opposed to a position coordinate, a distance can not be negative.
See also proximity fuse.

Distance in mathematics

In mathematics, a distance between two points P and Q in a metric space is d(P,Q), where d is the distance function. We can also define the distance between two sets A and B in a metric space as being the minimum (or infimum) of distances between any two points P in A and Q in B.

The Distance Formula
The distance, d, between two Cartesian coordinates equals the square root of the squared horizontal difference (between the two points) plus the squared vertical distance -- d = √ [ (Δx)² + (Δy)² ] For three points, d = √ [ (Δx)² + (Δy)² + (Δz)²]. Note: Δx = x₂ - x₁. This distance formula can be expanded into the arc-length formula.

Normative Distance
In the Euclidean space Rⁿ, the distance between two points is usually given by the Euclidean distance (2-norm distance). Other distances, based on other norms, are often used instead. For a point (x₁, x₂, ... ,x_n) and a point (y₁, y₂, ... ,y_n), the distances are defined as:

1-norm distance = ∑ |x_i-y_i|

2-norm distance = (∑ (x_i-y_i)²)^1/2

p-norm distance = (∑ |x_i-y_i|^p)^1/p

infinity norm distance = limit of the p norm distance as p goes to infinity

= max |x_i-y_i|

The 2-norm distance is the Euclidean distance, a generalization of the Pythagorean Theorem to more than two coordinates. It is what would be obtained if the distance between two points were measured with a ruler: the "intuitive" idea of distance.
The 1-norm distance is more colourfully called the taxicab norm or Manhattan distance, because it is the distance a car would drive in a city laid out in square blocks (if there are no one-way streets).
If you measure the strength of each of the n links in a chain (where larger numbers mean weaker links), then because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the strength of the chain will be the infinity-norm distance from the list of measurements to the origin.
The p norm is rarely used for values of p other than 1, 2, and infinity, but see super ellipse.

Distance between people
Closeness or proximity (keeping a small distance) and touching (zero distance) are forms of physical intimacy. What distance is appropriate for a particular social situation depends on culture, in Western culture it tends to be larger. It is also a matter of personal preference. People may feel uncomfortable if the distance is too large (cold) or too small (intrusive).
Similar observations apply to figurative senses of distance, such as emotional distance.

The term proxemics was introduced by researcher E.T. Hall in 1963 when he investigated people's use of personal space. He used four categories for informal space: the intimate distance for embracing or whispering (6-18 inches), the personal distance for conversations among good friends (1.5-4 feet), social distance for conversations among acquaintances (4-12 feet), and public distance used for public speaking (12 feet or more).
A related term is propinquity. Propinquity is one of the factors, set out by Jeremy Bentham, used to measure the amount of pleasure in a method known as felicific calculus.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Distance."

1-norm distance	=	∑ \|x_i-y_i\|
2-norm distance	=	(∑ (x_i-y_i)²)^1/2
p-norm distance	=	(∑ \|x_i-y_i\|^p)^1/p
infinity norm distance	=	limit of the p norm distance as p goes to infinity
	=	max \|x_i-y_i\|

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Consanguinity	Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood.
Distance	Verb: be distant; Adjective: extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to; range.
	Adjective: distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; Verb: yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Distant, I guess (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) You're like some marvelous, distant, well, queen, I guess (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart) No, thank you. We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) When was the last time you remember seeing it? And I'm not talking about some distant, half-forgotten childhood memory, I mean like yesterday (Dark City; writing credit: Alex Proyas) By late in the 21st century, the nations of the Earth were finally at peace, working together to explore and colonize the distant reaches of space (Enemy Mine; writing credit: Barry Longyear; Edward Khmara)
Lyrics	Through the distant clouds of tears (My Father's Eyes; performing artist: Eric Clapton) Distant eyes (SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART); performing artist: Journey) Pay no mind to the distant thunder (No Leaf Clover; performing artist: Metallica) From distant cities (Wonder; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) My cherie amour, distant as the milky way (My Cherie Amour; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)
Movie/TV Titles	A Distant Thunder (1970) Distant Trumpet (1952) Iditarod: A Far Distant Place (2000) Jerusalem: Rhythms of a Distant City (1993) The Distant Home (1992)
Song Titles	SMOKE OF A DISTANT FIRE (performing artist: SANFORD TOWNSEND BAND)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Distant Beacon (Song of Acadia, 4) (reference) Distant Son: An Alabama Boyhood (reference) Always a Distant Anchorage (reference) The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust (Society of Antiquaries) (reference) Once upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett-Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Distant Crossroads (reference) Distant Suns First Light - Cd-rom (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Distant Shadow (reference) Distant Thunder (reference) Firepower 2000, Vol. 2: Digital Dogfight - Distant Battles in Electronic Skies (reference) A Distant Thunder (reference) Distant Drums (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	A Distant Shore (reference) Distant Episode (reference) In a Distant Place (reference) The Songs of Distant Earth (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Variable Stars in a Distant Spiral Galaxy. Credit: NASA.		In a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, the Hubble telescope has taken a ... Credit: NASA.
	This Hubble telescope photo mosaic shows a field of distant galaxies. ... Credit: NASA.		Heliotrope used for directing sun's rays to distant observer Used to illuminate station site so far distant observer could measure angles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Malaspina Glacier 6 to 8 miles away with Mt. St. Elias towering over all Mt. St. Elias approximately 30 miles distant. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Kayak Island - Cape St. Elias. Distant mountains are at least 60 miles off. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A distant view of South Pole Station. The Clean Air Facility is on far left. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		A distant view of Fairhaven and New Bedford Harbor with Sconicut Neck on the right. The property at the bottom was purchased as a land trust. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	A distant view of the specialized ditch digger at work. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Scenic view of distant mountains. Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Distant Storms" by Tim Spence Commentary: "Distant storms, from Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs, CO."	"Distant Figures Swimming" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "Two figures swimming in the waves of a lake. Visit: http://www.qr5.com ."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Play	Caption
	Pop style melody on piano with some distant reverbed tones.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Channing	God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Edward Gibbon	Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
James Russell Lowell	Notoriety may be achieved in a narrow sphere, but fame demands for its evidence a more distant and prolonged reverberation.
John Dryden	For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.
John F. Kennedy.	War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
Longfellow	What seem to us but dim funereal tapers, may be heaven's distant lamps.
Omar Khayyam	Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And here we have the plain difference between the state of nature and the state of war, which however some men have confounded, are as far distant, as a state of peace, good will, mutual assistance and preservation, and a state of enmity, malice, violence and mutual destruction, are one from another. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	In place of the old wants, satisfied by the productions of the country, we find new wants, requiring for their satisfaction the products of distant lands and climes. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	She had been thinking of him the moment before, as unquestionably sixteen miles distant.
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	Distant rumble heard
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Along the crest of the plateau ran a sort of ditch, which could not possibly have been suspected by a distant observer
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The vast cycle of starry life bore his weary mind outward to its verge and inward to its centre, a distant music accompanying him outward and inward
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And his steps took on new speed and intent toward the shade of the distant willow tree
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The island of Luggnagg stands southeastward of Japan, about a hundred leagues distant.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	That way I looked between and over the near green hills to some distant and higher ones in the horizon, tinged with blue
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In the distant future, scientists may develop an artificial kidney for implantation. (references)
		Persons with hyperopia, or farsightedness, have more difficulty seeing near objects as clearly as distant objects. (references)
		A growth of pathogenic microorganisms or of abnormal cells distant from the site primarily involved by the morbid process. (references)
Business		As recently as in 1994, such services were still a distant dream in Ukraine. (references)
		The right to return merchandise is outlined in the European Convention on Cross-border Mail Order and Distant Sales. (references)
		For distant connections such as the United States, Canada, Japan, China, connectivity is via international satellite systems. (references)
Children	Rwanda	A UNICEF study reports that 400,000 school-aged children were unable to go to school in 1999. Private schools often are too distant or too expensive to serve as an alternative for many children. (references)
Economic History	Nepal	Indian manufactured goods, when available, are cheaper than imports from more distant countries. (references)
	Estonia	Finding upkeep of the distant colony too costly, the Danes in 1346 sold their part of Estonia to the Livonian Order. (references)
Human Rights	Guatemala	Relations between the Human Rights Ombudsman's office and MINUGUA were strained and distant. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	The IDF had fired two flechette tank shells, and one armor-piercing tank round at the tent after hearing distant light gunfire. (references)
	Portugal	Another new law passed during the year provides that witnesses may testify in cases heard in distant jurisdictions via teleconference. (references)
Political Economy	NORWAY	These unpredictable administrative tariff adjustments disrupt advance purchase orders and limit agricultural imports into Norway from the U.S. and other distant markets. (references)
Worker Rights	Vietnam	Female employees who are at least 7 months pregnant or are raising a child under 1 year of age cannot work overtime, at night, or in distant locations. (references)
	Indonesia	One tactic commonly employed is to offer young women in rural areas jobs as waitresses or hotel employees in distant regions, typically at island resorts. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others. The owner of a powder mill Was musing on a distant hill -- Something his mind foreboded -- When from the cloudless sky there fell A deviled human kidney! Well, The man's mill had exploded. His hat he lifted from his head; "I beg your pardon, sir," he said; "I didn't know 'twas loaded." Swatkin
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Being small, insulated, and distant, it was not observed at the moment of redelivery to France and the United States that she continued a guard of half a dozen men which had been stationed there.
James Madison	1809-1817	Distant as it may be in its present form from the Inquisition, it differs from it only in degree.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Nature has done so much for us by intersecting the country with so many great rivers, bays, and lakes, approaching from distant points so near to each other, that the inducement to complete the work seems to be peculiarly strong.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	Roads and canals, by multiplying and facilitating the communications and intercourse between distant regions and multitudes of men, are among the most important means of improvement.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Our children by thousands yearly leave the land of their birth to seek new homes in distant regions.
James K. Polk	1845-1849	The jurisdiction of our laws and the benefits of our republican institutions should be extended over them in the distant regions which they have selected for their homes.
Franklin Pierce	1853-1857	Hence a sound and comprehensive policy should embrace not less the distant future than the urgent present.
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	Whilst the question of specie payments is in abeyance the prudent business man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	I believe that the Congress should adopt such a law, and I hope that it will at a not too distant date.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.73%	2,910	3,205
Noun (proper)	0.27%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	2,918	N/A

Expressions using "distant": a distant connection ♦ a distant likeness ♦ a few miles distant ♦ be distant ♦ become distant ♦ becoming distant ♦ distant cancer ♦ distant control ♦ distant cousin ♦ distant difference ♦ distant dream ♦ distant future ♦ distant lands ♦ distant look ♦ distant past ♦ Distant pranic healing ♦ Distant pulse diagnosis ♦ distant pursuit ♦ distant reading thermometer ♦ distant relation ♦ distant relative ♦ distant resemblance ♦ distant site error ♦ distant tie ♦ in the dim and distant past ♦ in the distant future ♦ in the distant past ♦ point appearance of a distant eight ♦ the distant low of herds. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "distant": distant-but-polite, distant-cousin, distant-talking, distant-water.
	Ending with "distant": far-distant, not-so-distant, not-too-distant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
distant replay	245	long distant	9
distant learning	194	distant fire from smoke	8
the voice of a distant star	73	distant learning school	8
distant replays.com	59	distant land	7
distant education	44	graduate school distant learning	7
distant replay.com	37	distant from star voice	7
distant healing	27	a distant mirror	7
distant	27	distant education learning	6
college distant learning	24	distant lover	6
distant learning master degree	22	distant place	6
distant cousin	17	alberta distant learning	6
army distant learning	17	corner distant	6
cheap distant long	16	ace combat distant thunder	6
distant sun	15	distant love poem	6
distant learning degree	15	distant healing reiki	6
distant learning university	14	distant drum	6
distant learning program	13	army distant learning program	6
distant thunder	13	distant law learning school	6
long distant relationship	11	distant voice	5
distant learning course	11	distant emotional people	5
		distant shore	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "distant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		ver (afar, away, far, far away, remote, remotely). (various references)

Albanian		larg (afar, afield, apart, away, clear, far, far away, far off, off, wide), i thellë (abstruse, black, deep, dense, heavy, intense, out of the way, profound, saturated, visceral), i largët (far, far off, faraway, long run, odd, off, out of the way, outer, remote, removed, slight, vague, way out), i ftohtë (algid, aloof, bleak, bloodless, brumous, chilly, cold, cold-livered, cool, cool blooded, crimpy, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, insensitive, offish, Parky, sexless, stilted, stolid, stony, winterly, wintry). (various references)

Arabic		‏متباعد (far, faraway, remote, separate), ‏غير وثيق القرابة, ‏غير ودي (hostile, inimical, snide, unfriendly), ‏المستقبل البعيد, ‏الماضي البعيد, ‏بعيد (afield, away, far, out of the way, remote, soon after, unlikely), ‏بارد (bleak, boring, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolly, dank, flat, glacial, meaningless, phlegmatic, phlegmatical, raw, silly, unfriendly, wintry). (various references)

Bulgarian		сдържан (aloof, buttoned up, chary, composed, continent, coy, modest, offish, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, stand offish, taciturn, unaffable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, undramatic, unemotional, unsociable, unsocial), резервиран (aloof, inapproachable, incommunicative, offish, remote, reserved, reticent, retiring, self contained, stiff, undemonstrative), отдалечен (back, far, far off, faraway, inland, off, out, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, unget-at-able), далечен (alien, far, faraway, long, long distance, out-, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Chinese		遙遙 (remote), 遙遠 (remote), 遙 (far, far away, remote), 逌 (joyous, satisfied), 逴 (apparent, highly), 遥远 (faraway, Remote, remoteness), 邃 (deep, mysterious), 迥 , 遠端 (far end, remote, remote end), 遠 (far, remote), 遐 (abandon), 窵 (deep, profound), 緬 (Burma). (various references)

Czech		daleký (far, faraway, long), vzdálený (far, far flung, faraway, off, off the beaten track, outlying, remote, remove), rezervovaný (aloof, booked, guarded, low key, reserved, restrained, retiring, self contained, stand offish, standoffish, undemonstrative), odmìřený (aloof, crisp, curt, stand offish, standoffish). (various references)

Danish		afsides (far, remote). (various references)

Dutch		ver (afar, far, far away, incidental, long, remote, remotely, side). (various references)

Esperanto		malproksima (far, remote), fora (far, remote). (various references)

Faeroese		fjarur (far, remote), fjarskotin (far, remote). (various references)

Farsi		فاصله دار (Away), غیرصمیمی (Hollow, Insincere, Lukewarm), سرد (Arctic, Cool, Fresh, Raw), دور (Aloof, Around, Away, Circuit, Meander, Orbit, Race, Remote, Wheel, Yonder). (various references)

Finnish		syrjäinen (outlying, out-of-the-way, remote), kaukana oleva, kaukainen (far-away, remote), etäinen (remote). (various references)

French		lointain, loin, distant (dislodges). (various references)

Frisian		fier (far, remote), efterôf (far, remote). (various references)

German		fern (afar, aloof, far, far off, faraway, long distance, remote), entfernt (away, disconnected, dislodges, distantly, far, off, remote, remotely, removed, removes, slightly, vague). (various references)

Greek		μακρινόσ (far, far off, remote), απόμακρος (out of the way, remote), απομακρυσμένοσ (faraway), απομακρυσμένος (remote). (various references)

Hebrew		מופלג (extreme, prominent, remote, superlative), מרוחק (far, remote), רחוק (away, distance, far, faraway, long, off, remoteness). (various references)

Hungarian		távoli (beyond the mark, far, far off, faraway, far-off, off, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Indonesian		jauh (afar, away, far, remote), baid. (various references)

Italian		distante (aloof, dislodges, far, far away, faraway, off, remote), lontano (a long way, absent, afar, aloof, apart, away, back, distantly, faint, far, far afield, far off, faraway, in the distance, off, remote, slight, way, wide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		遠い (far), 疎い (disinterested, estranged). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うとい (disinterested, estranged), よそよそしい (cold, formal), みずくさい (not frank, reserved, stand-offish, watery), はるか (far, far off, far-away, remote), とおい (far), とおく (at a distance, by far, distant place, far away), とお (10, ten), とこよ, えんかく (development, history, isolated, remote). (various references)

Korean		격원한. (various references)

Manx		foddey jeh (afar, far away, remote), ersooyl (away, off). (various references)

Norwegian		fjern (far, remote). (various references)

Papiamen		leu (away, far, remote). (various references)

Pig Latin		istantday.(various references)

Portuguese		distante (apart, asunder, away, far, faraway, long run, off, offish, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed), afastado (aloof, away, devious, ex-service, far-off, off, offscreen, outlandish, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, straggling, unfrequented, withdrawn). (various references)

Romanian		distant (chilly, offish, remote, stand offish), depãrtat (far away, off, out, out of the way, outlying, remote, secluded, solitary), vag (dim, dull, dusty, evasive, evasively, faint, general, hazy, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, lax, loose, loosely, misty, muddy, nebulous, remote, shadowy, sketchy, slight, vague, washy), rezervat (cagey, cagily, cautious, cold, dry, offish, reserved, secretive, self contained, shy, stand offish, sullen, unapproachable), rece (apathetically, bleak, chill, chilly, cold, cold blooded, cold-hearted, coldly, cool, crisp, damp, dank, freezingly, frigid, frosty, glacial, hard-hearted, icily, icy, immovable, impersonal, inhuman, nippy, reserved, snappy, stale, stiff, stony, wintery, wintry), îndepãrtat (bye, high, long run, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Russian		отдаленный (abstracted, far off, faraway, far-off, out, out of the way, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote). (various references)

Scottish		céin (remote, remote; also cian). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		udaljen (far off, farther, farthest, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Spanish		lejano (far, far off, faraway, farther, out of the way, outlying, remote, vital), distante (remote). (various references)

Sranan		fara (far, remote). (various references)

Swedish		fjärran (afar, distance, far, far away, far flung, remote), avlägsen (far, far away, far off, far out, faraway, far-off, out of the way, outlying, outlying land, remote, removed). (various references)

Tagalog		malayò (away, far, remote). (various references)

Turkish		uzak (a long way off, afar, aloof, away, back, far, far away, far off, faraway, insofar, off, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, recluse, remote, standoffish). (various references)

Turkmen		uzak (far, long), alysda. (various references)

Ukrainian		спрямований вдалечінь, що знаходиться на відстані, віддалений (abstracted, away, back, far, far off, in the distance, off, out, out of the way, outlying, remote, secluded, wide). (various references)

Vietnamese		xa cách có thái độ cách biệt, xa (afar, away, car, far-flung, remote, removed), lạnh nhạt (chilly, cold, cold-hearted, coldly, drily, dry, dryly), không thân mật (unfriendly), có thái độ xa cách, cách (expedient, expediential, line, manner, mode, off, style). (various references)

Welsh		pellennig (far, remote), pell (afar, aloof, far, long, remote). (various references)

Zulu		-de (far, long, remote). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abdon, aberat, abessalom, abest, abesto, abia, abida, absit, aperis, aperit, apes, aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus, longinqua, longinquae, longinquam, longinquo, longinquum, seducta, seducti, seductus, semotus, seposita. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	fierlen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 11, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Hn de h bhqania egguV twn ierosolumwn wV apo stadiwn dekapente
Latin	405	Vulgate	Erat autem Bethania iuxta Hierosolyma quasi stadiis quindecim
Old English	990	West Saxon	Bethania ys ge-hende ierusalem oferfyftena furlenga.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Bethany was bisidis Jerusalem, as it were fiftene furlongis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Bethanie was nye vnto Ierusalem aboute. xv. furlonges of
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	(Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.)
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 11, Verse 18
Cebuano	Ug ang Betania duol sa Jerusalem, mga tulo ka kilometro gikan niini,
Croatian	Betanija bijaše blizu Jeruzalema otprilike petnaest stadija.
Danish	Men Bethania var nær ved Jerusalem, omtrent femten Stadier derfra.
Finnish	Ja Betania oli lähellä Jerusalemia, noin viidentoista vakomitan päässä.
French	Et, comme Béthanie était près de Jérusalem, à quinze stades environ,
German	Bethanien aber war nahe bei Jerusalem, bei fünfzehn Feld Weges;
Haitian Creole	Betani te yon ti bouk toupre lavil Jerizalèm, twa kilomèt konsa, pa plis.
Hungarian	Bethánia pedig közel vala Jeruzsálemhez, mintegy tizenöt futamatnyira;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Betania dekat Yerusalem, kira-kira tiga kilometer jauhnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Adapun Baitani itu dekat Yeruzalem, sekira-kira dua mil jauhnya dari sana.
Italian	Betània distava da Gerusalemme meno di due miglia
Latvian	Bet Betânija bija apmçram piecpadsmit stadiju attâlumâ no Jeruzalemes.
Maori	Na e tata ana Petani ki Hiruharama, kotahi pea tekau ma rima paronga:
Norwegian	Men Betania lå nær ved Jerusalem, omkring femten stadier derfra,
Portuguese	Ora, Betânia distava de Jerusalém cerca de quinze estádios.
Rumanian	Wi, fiindcq Betania era aproape de Ierusalim, cam la cincisprezece stadii,
Shuar	Petania pépruka Jerusarénnumia Menaintiú kirumitru ainis Tíjiuchiiti.
Spanish	Betania estaba cerca de Jerusalén, como a quince estadios,
Swahili	Kijiji cha Bethania kilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali upatao kilomita tatu.
Swedish	Nu låg Betania nära Jerusalem, vid pass femton stadier därifrån,
Uma	Betania tohe'e mohu' Yerusalem, kira-kira tolu kilo kalaa-na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "distant": distantly, distantness, distantnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "distant": equidistant, ultradistant. (additional references)
	Words containing "distant": equidistantly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Distant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: detant, disait, disant, distact, distaint, distanc, distand, distans, distat, distaunt, distent, Distin, distinti, distraints, ditan, ediswan, istant, lisant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "distant" (pronounced di"stunt)
6	-i" s t u n t	assistant, consistent, existent, inconsistent, insistent, nonexistent, persistent, resistant.
5	-s t u n t	constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant.
4	-t u n t	accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, important, impotent, inadvertent, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: taints, tanist, titans.
	-2 letters: adits, antis, dints, ditas, saint, satin, staid, stain, stand, stint, tains, taint, tints, titan, tsadi.
	-3 letters: adit, aids, ains, aits, ands, anis, anti, ants, dais, dins, dint, dita, dits, nits, sadi, said, sain, sand, sati, snit, stat, tads, tain, tans, tats, tins, tint.
	-4 letters: ads, aid, ain, ais, ait, and.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: instated.
	+2 letters: antidotes, daintiest, dilatants, disputant, distantly, distraint, dittanies, dotations, sanitated, stationed, tetanised, transited, withstand.
	+3 letters: anecdotist, antitrades, attainders, dictations, dietitians, disputants, distasting, distraints, festinated, instigated, intendants, nightstand, pantsuited, postdating, reinstated, standpoint, standstill, straitened, tantalised, traditions, wadsetting, withstands.
	+4 letters: adaptations, admittances, adoptionist, adventitias, adventurist, anecdotists, antistudent, constipated, contradicts, degustation, denotations, deputations, destination, detainments, detestation, detonations, detoxicants, detractions, devastating, devastation, dilatations, dilettantes, disputation, disquantity, distantness, distracting, distraction, dubitations, equidistant, inaptitudes, interstrand, intimidates, meditations, nightstands, outdistance, outstanding, standpoints, standstills, tearstained, transmitted, unsteadiest, wainscotted.
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Distant

Definition: Distant

Distant

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Distance

Synonyms: Distant

Synonyms within Context: Distant

Consanguinity

Distance

Crosswords: Distant

Modern Usage: Distant

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Commercial Usage: Distant

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Image Slideshow: Distant

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Sounds Captioned with "Distant".

Familiar Quotations: Distant

Channing

Edward Gibbon

James Russell Lowell

John Dryden

John F. Kennedy.

Longfellow

Omar Khayyam

Historic Usage: Distant

John Locke

US Declaration of Independence

Communist Manifesto

Use in Literature: Distant

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Distant

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Distant

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

James K. Polk

Franklin Pierce

Ulysses S. Grant

Lyndon B. Johnson

Ronald Reagan

Usage Frequency: Distant

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Distant

Modern Translation: Distant

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