DISTANCE


Meaning of DISTANCE in English

I

n.

1) to cover; run; travel; walk a ~

2) to keep a ~ (to keep a safe ~ between cars)

3) to close the ~ between

4) a discreet; good, great, long; safe; short ~ (we traveled a short ~)

5) (a) shouting; striking; walking ~ (it's within easy walking ~)

6) (a) braking, stopping ~

7) a ~ between; from; to (the ~ between New York and London is three thousand miles; the ~ from Philadelphia to Chicago is less than eight hundred miles)

8) at a ~ (at a discreet ~; we spotted them at a ~ of two hundred yards)

9) from a ~ (I spotted her from a ~)

10) in the ~ (the city was visible in the ~) ( misc. )

11) to keep one's ~ ('to not allow familiarity'); a short ~ away; quite a ~

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v. ( D ; refl. ) to ~ from

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.