adj.
1 far away in space
VERBS
▪ be , sound
▪ become , grow
▪
The sound of the engine was growing more and more ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ far ( literary )
▪
in far ~ lands
▪ relatively
▪ increasingly
▪ geographically , physically
▪
geographically ~ areas of the world
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The stars are more ~ from the earth than the sun.
PHRASES
▪ two miles ~ , three days ~ , etc.
▪
These sites were often several miles ~ from each other.
2 far away in time
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ impossibly
▪
The medieval mind can seem impossibly ~.
▪ historically
PHRASES
▪ in the far ~ future
▪ in the not too ~ future , in the not too ~ past
▪
In the not too ~ future, we may witness the cloning of human beings.
▪ the dim and ~ past ( BrE )
▪
stories from the dim and ~ past
3 not friendly/not paying attention
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪
He felt oddly ~ from her.
▪ become , grow
▪ remain
▪ find sb
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ increasingly
▪
Their relationship has grown increasingly ~ in recent years.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ oddly , strangely
▪
Even his children found him strangely ~ and impersonal.
▪ emotionally
PHRASES
▪ cold and ~
▪
When they met, he was very cold and ~.
Distant is used with these nouns: ↑ ancestor , ↑ bell , ↑ corner , ↑ country , ↑ cousin , ↑ descendant , ↑ dream , ↑ drone , ↑ echo , ↑ explosion , ↑ father , ↑ future , ↑ galaxy , ↑ gleam , ↑ gunfire , ↑ hill , ↑ hillside , ↑ hope , ↑ horizon , ↑ kin , ↑ land , ↑ look , ↑ memory , ↑ mountain , ↑ murmur , ↑ object , ↑ past , ↑ peak , ↑ planet , ↑ relation , ↑ relationship , ↑ relative , ↑ roar , ↑ rumble , ↑ shore , ↑ shout , ↑ siren , ↑ sound , ↑ star , ↑ thunder , ↑ voice , ↑ wail