distance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property created by the space between two objects or points
Types & categories
- spatial arrangement hypernym
- way hyponym
- piece hyponym
- mean distance hyponym
- remoteness hyponym
- nearness hyponym
- wavelength hyponym
- focal distance hyponym
- hyperfocal distance hyponym
- leap hyponym
- span hyponym
- wheelbase hyponym
- separation hyponym
- remove hyponym
- yardage hyponym
- hour hyponym
- mileage hyponym
- elevation hyponym
- hour angle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
keep at a distance
we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
Types & categories
- hold hypernym
Related & opposite
- aloofness derivation
Sense 3 noun
a distant region
I could see it in the distance
Types & categories
- region hypernym
Sense 4 verb
go far ahead of
He outdistanced the other runners
Types & categories
- leave behind hypernym
Sense 5 noun
size of the gap between two places
the distance from New York to Chicago
Types & categories
- size hypernym
- leg hyponym
- arm's length hyponym
- gauge hyponym
- light time hyponym
- skip distance hyponym
- wingspan hyponym
- wingspread hyponym
- altitude hyponym
Sense 6 noun
indifference by personal withdrawal
emotional distance
Types & categories
- indifference hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the interval between two times
the distance from birth to death
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
a remote point in time
if that happens it will be at some distance in the future
Types & categories
- point in time hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | far |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | near |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | distant |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | remote |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial arrangement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | way |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | piece |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mean distance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remoteness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nearness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wavelength |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | focal distance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperfocal distance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | span |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheelbase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | separation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remove |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yardage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mileage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elevation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hour angle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aloofness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | region |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave behind |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | size |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | leg |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | arm's length |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gauge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | light time |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | skip distance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wingspan |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wingspread |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | altitude |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | distance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | aloof |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | indifference |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | space |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | removed |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | removed |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | distant |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | point in time |