Meaning
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
- (not-comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
Opposite of
local
Synonyms
far-away
far apart
not near
long way
very far
long way off
distance assimilation
at a distance
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɪstənt/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
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