Distance means: An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line. Related words include keep or interval. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Distance in practice.
Distance in a sentence
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Distance meaning
- An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic), any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.
Synonyms of Distance
Example sentences (20)
Politics is about people, if you distance yourself them, the people too will also distance themselves from you.
Depending on the shooting performance, extra distance or time is added to the contestant's total running distance/time.
If you think the distance is too short for you to use a seatbelt, then it means the distance is too short for you to drive.
Mention Kenya and you will struggle to separate the mind set of wild life/Safari and middle distance /long distance running.
Distance from any point on the map to each control point is proportional to surface distance on the earth.
It is what would be obtained if the distance between two points were measured with a ruler : the "intuitive" idea of distance.
The axes have 15-inch hickory handles and the distance from the throw line to the target is 12 feet — league standard distance.
For example, between celestial bodies one should not confuse the surface-to-surface distance and the center-to-center distance.
To complicate matters, his father is a preacher, and Miles’s distance from the church is also a distance from their relationship.
A distance MBA program needs to be accredited by the Distance Education Council (DEC) in India.
Distance and angle main The distance formula on the plane follows from the Pythagorean theorem.
Distance is all around us, and navigating through that distance is what life is all about.
Battle The distance between the two armies at the point of battle had narrowed to "a distance not less than 8 stadia" or about 1,500 meters.
Hipparchus thus had the problematic result that his minimum distance (from book 1) was greater than his maximum mean distance (from book 2).
In most cases, "distance from A to B" is interchangeable with "distance between B and A".
Distances can be any combination of distance set by race organizers to meet various distance constraints or to attract a certain type of athlete.
Because the strength of the force falls off rapidly with distance, it is only measurable when the distance between the objects is extremely small.
Before the advent of direct-dialed long distance calls, a subscriber would need to contact the long-distance operator in order to place a toll call.
Distance table Distance in kilometres from the corresponding city on the X-Y axis.
Distance seeAlso The absolute value is closely related to the idea of distance.
Phrases with distance
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Common combinations with distance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the distance 99×
- distance from 36×
- distance between 34×
- distance of 31×
- distance is 23×
- distance to 15×
- long distance 15×
- of distance 12×
- distance the 12×
- distance and 10×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word distance. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.