distant

Definitions


[ˈdɪst(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- far away in space or time
(e.g: distant parts of the world)

- (of a person) not intimate; cool or reserved
(e.g: his children found him strangely distant)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distant- ‘standing apart’, from the verb distare, from dis- ‘apart’ + stare ‘stand’




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