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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr L. distans, -antis, p. pr of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand See {Stand}.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away One board had two tenons, equally distant. --Ex. xxxvi 22. Diana's temple is not distant far --Shak. 2. Far separated; far off not near remote; -- in place time, consanguinity, or connection; as distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. --Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. --Goldsmith. 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Some distant knowledge. --Shak. A distant glimpse. --W. Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn: Separate; far remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distant adj 1: separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" [ant: {close}] 2: far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness" [ant: {close}] 3: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile" [syn: {aloof}] 4: far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times" [syn: {remote}, {removed}] 5: far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities" [syn: {remote}, {removed}]
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