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"Distance" Definition

noun

A depiction of a such a point or area.
A point removed in time: At a distance of 11 years, his memory of the crime was blurry.
A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse: a land of few hills and great distances.
An amount of progress: The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was last month.
Difference or disagreement: The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.

verb-transitive

To cause to appear at a distance.
To leave far behind; outrun.
To place or keep at or as if at a distance: "To understand Russian strategy ... it is necessary for us to distance ourselves from our own myths and to enter into theirs” ( Freeman J. Dyson).

verb

To place or keep at a distance.
To leave far behind.

adjective

Taking place via electronic media linking instructors and students who are not together in a classroom.