Definizione monolingua

distance

distance (third-person singular simple present distances, present participle distancing, simple past and past participle distanced)

1. (transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.

   He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.

2. (transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the ""Stranger Peoples"" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 71:

     Then the horse, with muscles strong as steel, distanced the sound.

distance (countable and uncountable; plural distances)

1. (countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

   The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.

   There is a long distance between Moscow and Vladivostok.

2. (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of space to the objective.

   He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.

3. (uncountable, figuratively) A considerable amount of space.

   The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.

Definizione dizionario distance

	distanza
	amount of space between two points
	A considerable amount of space.
	The amount of space between two points.

distanziare

lontananza

ablazione

allontanare

distacco

intervallo

lasciare indietro

linea

percorrenza

percorso

spazio

staccare

superare

via

Altri significati:

(uncountable, figuratively) A considerable amount of space.

(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.

(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.

move away

(uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of space to the objective.