B1verb · transitive · frequent

distance

dis·tance

distance · distances · distanced · distancing

отдалять

entfernen

Often followed by from: to set at a distance from someone or something elseOften followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.

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/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/

» We saw a castle in the distance.

In der Ferne sahen wir ein Schloss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Мы увидели вдали замок. — Hellerick

Ми побачили вдалині замок. — deniko

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Meaning

13 senses

(transitive)Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
(transitive)To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
(transitive)To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
(figuratively, transitive)To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
(figuratively, transitive)To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
(figuratively, reflexive, transitive)To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
Often followed by from.
(intransitive, reflexive)To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
entfernen
отдаля́тьotdaljátʹ
(figuratively, intransitive, reflexive)To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.
(US, archaic, transitive)Of a racehorse: to beat (another horse) by a certain distance; also (passive voice), to cause (a horse) to be disqualified by beating it by a certain distance.
(obsolete, transitive)To cover the entire distance to (something).
keep at a distance
(obsolete, transitive)To depart from (a place); to leave (a place) behind.
(obsolete, transitive)To indicate or measure the distance to (a place).

Examples

877 sentences

We saw a castle in the distance.
Ми побачили вдалині замок. — deniko
ruМы увидели вдали замок. — Hellerick
deIn der Ferne sahen wir ein Schloss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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We were glad when we saw a light in the distance.
Ми були раді, що побачили вдалині вогник. — aandrusiak
ruМы были рады, увидев свет вдалеке. — odexed
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She wants to keep him at a distance.
Вона хоче тримати його на відстані. — deniko
deSie möchte ihn auf Abstand halten. — Wolf
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I saw land in the distance.
ruЯ видел землю вдалеке. — odexed
deIch sah in der Ferne Land. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Shots were heard in the distance.
ruВыстрелы были слышны вдалеке. — corvard
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something:

Origin

From Middle English distance, distaunce, destance (“disagreement, dispute; discrimination;

From Middle English distance, distaunce, destance (“disagreement, dispute; discrimination; armed conflict; hostility; trouble; space between two points; time interval”), from Anglo-Norman distance, distaunce, destance, Middle French distance, and Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”) (modern French distance), and directly from their etymon Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”) (whence also Late Latin distantia (“disagreement; discrepancy; gap, opening; time interval”)), from distāns (“being distant; standing apart”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Distāns is the present active participle of distō (“to be distant; to stand apart; to differ”), from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder; in two’) + stō (“to stand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)).

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