n. Function: noun
1 an extent of areal or linear measure FF1C; he did not know the distance he had walked FF1E;
Synonyms: length, stretch
Related Words: area, extent; ambit, compass, extension, orbit, purview, radius, range, reach, scope, sweep
2 the length of a literal or figurative course traversed or to be traversed FF1C; she had come a long distance from her pitiful beginnings FF1E;
Synonyms: way, ways
Related Words: extent, size; piece, spell
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Synonyms: EXPANSE , amplitude, breadth, expansion, space, spread, stretch
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Synonyms: DISSIMILARITY , alterity, difference, dissemblance, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, otherness, unlikeness