distant
pronunciation
How to pronounce distant in British English:
UK [ˈdɪstənt]
How to pronounce distant in American English:
US [ˈdɪstənt]
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- Adjective:
- separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance
- far apart in relevance or relationship
- remote in manner
- far distant in time
- far distant in space
Word Origin
- distant (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French distant (14c.), from Latin distantem (nominative distans), present participle of distare "to stand apart, be remote" (see distance (n.)). Related: Distantly.
Example
- 1. Security is an even more distant prospect .
- 2. Gas clouds were recently found in the distant universe .
- 3. Predicting the distant future is forbiddingly difficult . Predicting the near future is no easier .
- 4. We were looking at it as a distant possibility .
- 5. The second group saw exactly the same person answer exactly the questions in a cold and distant manner .