Definitions for distant

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distant dis·tant

Spelling: [dis-tuh nt]

IPA: /ˈdɪs tənt/

Distant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in distant (adinstt).

Definitions for distant

adjective

1. far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
2. apart or far off in time:
3. remote or far apart in any respect:
4. reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial:
5. arriving from or going to a distance, as a communication, journey, etc.:

Origin of distant

1350-1400; Middle English dista(u)nt (Anglo-French) Latin distant- (stem of distāns, present participle of distāre to stand apart), equivalent to di- di-² +

Examples for distant

There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.

The ball of red fire in the west was half below the rim of the distant peak.

In the not too distant future, these young people will control billions of dollars.

Nor will I, but by distant civilities, return the compliments of any of my acquaintances.

In the post-Kefauver era of the early 1950s, it had many advantages over its distant desert sister.

That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.

The distant sound of a church-clock is borne faintly on the wind.

At Nicolosi their rest was disturbed by the distant booming of the mountain.

This can be seen not just in distant exurbs or suburbs, but in prime inner-city neighborhoods.

It is not your privilege as a nation to speak of a distant past.