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        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : separated in space : away                                      
              
                             
a mile distant
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : situated at a great distance (see distance entry 1 sense 2a) : far-off                                      
              
                             
a distant galaxy
                         
                
                    
        c
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : having a great amount of separation between each other : separated by a great distance from each other : far apart                                      
              
                             
visiting distant places
                                       distant campuses
                         
                
                    
        d
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : far behind                                      
              
                             
finished a distant third
                         
                
                    2
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : separated in a relationship other than spatial                                      
              
                             
a distant cousin
                                       the distant past
                         
                
                    3
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : different in kind                                      
              
                             
from two very distant backgrounds
                         
                
                    5
                    
        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : going a long distance                                      
              
                             
distant voyages
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : concerned with remote (see remote entry 1 sense 2) things                                      
              
                             
distant thoughts
                         
                
                    
                                                      distantly
                                      adverb
                                                                            
    
                                                      distantness
                                      noun
                                                                            
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