Synonym: extent, length, reach, remoteness, space. Similar words: in the distance, assistance, resistance, distant, stance, instance, substance, for instance. Meaning: ['dɪstəns] 
n. 1. the property created by the space between two objects or points 2. a distant region 3. size of the gap between two places 4. indifference by personal withdrawal 5. the interval between two times 6. a remote point in time. v. 1. keep at a distance 2. go far ahead of.
n. 1. the property created by the space between two objects or points 2. a distant region 3. size of the gap between two places 4. indifference by personal withdrawal 5. the interval between two times 6. a remote point in time. v. 1. keep at a distance 2. go far ahead of. 
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211. the Western Pacific, Japan winds in and out like a snake from southwest to northeast, a distance of more than two thousand miles.
212. He was asked many times to join the party, but he always kept his distance.
213. Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.
214. The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance.
215. In the distance was the insubstantial outline of a ship.
216. What I failed to appreciate was the distance between the two cities.
217. From the top of the hill we could see the ocean far away and, in the middle distance, the village.
218. His spirits fell when he saw the distance he still had to go.
219. They could hear a jazz band playing in the distance.
220. The sound can be heard over a distance of more than five miles.
221. He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast[sentencedict.com], and onwards to the South Pole.
222. A shark can smell blood at a distance of half a kilometer.
223. In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain.
224. He was the first to spy the horseman in the distance.
225. In England distance is measured in miles, not in kilometers.
226. Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.
227. He walked towards the doorway(sentencedict.com), careful to keep his distance.
228. We reached the open sea and the coast receded into the distance.
229. Drivers should keep a safe distance from the car in front.
230. The Open University offers a wide range of distance learning programmes.
231. Who can compute the distance of the moon from the earth?
232. We heard the chug of the boat's engine in the distance.
More similar words: in the distance, assistance, resistance, distant, stance, instance, substance, for instance, circumstance, pittance, assistant, acceptance, of importance, stand, stand for, stand up, stand by, stand out, distinct, disturb, standard, instant, cancel, cancer, distress, distract, district, constant, stand up to, stand up for.