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distant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪstənt/ (Australia, Canada, UK, US)
- (California) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
▲
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō
Latin stō
Latin distō
Latin distānsder.
Old French distantbor.
Middle English distaunt
English distant
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
Meanings
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Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.
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Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.
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(not-comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
Finally, there will be those unusual situations where a signal is distant to part of a CATV system and local to the rest of it.
1983, Gary L. Christensen, Cable Television in a New Era, page 128:Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […]
1973, Cable Television, Rand Corporation:
Forms
Antonyms
near · local
Hyponyms
ultramundane · ultramontane · tramontane · extimate · antipodean · transmarine · transpontine · transalpine · transatlantic · hyperborean
Synonyms
remote · undemonstrative · standoffish · unbending · touch-me-not-ish · faraway · strange · uninvolved · cool · far-flung · thorny · offish · unimpressionable · far · outlandish · distant · far-off · aloof · unapproachable · faraway · aloof · quiet · frosty · cold · outlying · distant · hankty · hard-to-get · remote · out of the way
distant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪstənt/ (Australia, Canada, UK, US)
- (California) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
▲
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō
Latin stō
Latin distō
Latin distānsder.
Old French distantbor.
Middle English distaunt
English distant
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
Meanings
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(no-gloss) [no gloss]
Forms
Deriveds
distant starlight problem · ultradistant · distant signal · subdistant · socially distant · distantness · nondistant · overdistant · equidistant · undistant · distantly · dim and distant · distant sequel
Relateds
distal · distance · disto-
Translations (149)
ro distant (far off) · fr éloigné (far off) · om fagoo (far off) · io fora (far off) · fo fjarlagdur (far off) · tr uzak (far off) · ca distant (far off) · be далёкі (far off) · nl in de verte (far off) · fi kylmä (emotionally unresponsive) · gl remoto (far off) · tr ırak (obsolescing) (far off) · ka შორეული (far off) · fi kauko- (far off) · nl ver (far off) · dsb daloki (far off) · es a distancia (far off) · mi mamao (far off) · zza dûri (diq) (far off) · mi pāmamao (far off) · gl lonxe (far off) · la longinquus (far off) · ru далёкий (far off) · sv avlägsen (far off) · vec lontàn (far off) · rop longwei (far off) · cy anghysbell (far off) · arz بعيد (far off) · es que hila largo (far off) · la remōtus (far off) · de abgelegen (far off) · de entfernt (far off) · hi दूरस्थ (far off) · fi etäinen (far off) · uk дале́кий (far off) · hu távolságtartó (emotionally unresponsive) · tg дур (far off) · bg резервиран (emotionally unresponsive) · ga coimhthíoch (emotionally unresponsive) · ota اوزاق (far off) · ar بَعِيد (far off) · kmr dûr (far off) · sk vzdialený (far off) · ug يىراق (far off) · eo fora (far off) · hy հեռավոր (far off) · dlm luntun (far off) · es remoto (far off) · so fog (far off) · mi nawa (far off) · tr mesafeli (emotionally unresponsive) · it distante (far off) · cmn 遙遠 /遥远 (far off) · crh avlaq (far off) · ja 遠い (far off) · ru да́льний (far off) · sa दूर (far off) · ja 遠隔な (far off) · fo fjarstaddur (far off) · ko 원격 (far off) · vi xa xôi (far off) · de distanziert (far off) · es distante (emotionally unresponsive) · bg отдалечен (far off) · mr दूर (far off) · gl distante (far off) · os дард (far off) · eo distanca (far off) · tr uzak (emotionally unresponsive) · he מרוחק (far off) · el απόμακρος (emotionally unresponsive) · jv adoh (far off) · es huraño (far off) · ca remot (far off) · fo fjarur (far off) · la distāns (far off) · gl afastado (far off) · mi tahiti (far off) · az uzaq (far off) · hu távoli (far off) · ur دور (far off) · fi kaukainen (far off) · or ଦୂର (far off) · ja 辺鄙な (far off) · et kauge (far off) · nl verafgelegen (far off) · ba алыҫ (far off) · de abstehend (far off) · ru отстранённый (emotionally unresponsive) · az iraq (far off) · ru отдалённый (far off) · mk оддалечен (far off) · nl afstandelijk (emotionally unresponsive) · liv kougi (far off) · tr soğuk (emotionally unresponsive) · ka დაშორებული (far off) · uz yiroq (far off) · fi etäinen (emotionally unresponsive) · cs daleký (far off) · gd iomallach (far off) · hi दूर (far off) · ko 먼 (far off) · da fjern (far off) · bg далечен (far off) · ca distant (emotionally unresponsive) · txb akañce (far off) · my ဝေးကွာ (far off) · izh etähäin (far off) · lmo lontan (far off) · fi etä- (far off) · ba йыраҡ (far off) · sv fjärran (far off) · mi tawhiti (far off) · ml അകന്ന (far off) · pl odległy (far off) · lv attāls (far off) · oc distant (far off) · de fern (far off) · yue 遠 /远 (far off) · fi syrjäinen (far off) · gd fad às (far off) · mk далечен (far off) · chr ᎢᎾ (far off) · af afgeleë (far off) · pt distante (far off) · cy oeraidd (emotionally unresponsive) · lv nomaļš (far off) · pl daleki (far off) · es distante (far off) · yai дур (far off) · fr distant (far off) · lv tāls (far off) · cy pell (far off) · cmn 遠 /远 (far off) · rm lontan (far off) · cs vzdálený (far off) · is fjarlægur (far off) · fa دور (far off) · fo fjarlagin (far off) · sk ďaleký (far off) · mi kōkēi (far off) · zlw-ocs daleký (far off) · bg хладен (emotionally unresponsive) · fr lointain (far off) · mi matara (far off) · it remoto (far off) · ota ایراق (far off) · el μακρινός (far off) · ro departe (far off)