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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance;
- Example: "distant villages"
- Example: "the sound of distant traffic"
- Example: "a distant sound"
- Example: "a distant telephone call"

2. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ;
- Example: "a distant cousin"
- Example: "a remote relative"
- Example: "a distant likeness"
- Example: "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
[syn: distant, remote]

3. remote in manner;
- Example: "stood apart with aloof dignity"
- Example: "a distant smile"
- Example: "he was upstage with strangers"
[syn: aloof, distant, upstage]

4. separate or apart in time;
- Example: "distant events"
- Example: "the remote past or future"
[syn: distant, remote, removed]

5. located far away spatially;
- Example: "distant lands"
- Example: "remote stars"
[syn: distant, remote]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of
   distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare
   to stand. See Stand.]
   1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance;
      away.
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            One board had two tenons, equally distant. --Ex.
                                                  xxxvi. 22.
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            Diana's temple is not distant far.    --Shak.
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   2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place,
      time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times;
      distant relatives.
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            The success of these distant enterprises.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial;
      somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
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            He passed me with a distant bow.      --Goldsmith.
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   4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
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            Some distant knowledge.               --Shak.
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            A distant glimpse.                    --W. Irving.
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   5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so
      widely distant from Christianity.

   Syn: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight;
        faint; indirect; indistinct.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distant
    adj 1: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance;
           "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a
           distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" [ant: close]
    2: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a
       distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness";
       "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
       [syn: distant, remote] [ant: close]
    3: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
       distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
       aloof, distant, upstage]
    4: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
       or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]
    5: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"
       [syn: distant, remote]