Definitions for long-distance

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long-distance long-dis·tance

Spelling: [lawng-dis-tuh ns, long-]

IPA: /ˈlɔŋˈdɪs təns, ˈlɒŋ-/

Long-Distance is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 2423 anagrams from letters in long-distance (-acdegilnnost).

Definitions for long-distance

noun

1. telephone service between distant places.

adverb

1. by long-distance telephone:

adjective

1. of, from, or between distant places:
2. for, over, or covering long distances:

Origin of long-distance

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for long-distance

Was this a long-distance run, or just a hundred-yard sprint?

At the time, she was also in a long-distance relationship with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.

He had aroused her passion and no amount of long-distance love could requite it.

Phone companies once provided a mounted phone, long-distance service, and local calls for a single price.

He was smart and tough in the way of the hard worker, the long-distance runner, the gambler who wins on stamina.

Many of the dead were killed by long-distance sniper rounds.

It took a minute for the long-distance circuits to connect him with Manhattan.

Mrs. Gosnold sent for me by long-distance telephone this morning.

I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.

Not that I'm claimin' any long-distance record as a model parent.