distant

distant
adj.
1 far away in space
VERBS
be, sound
become, grow

The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
far (literary)

in far distant lands

relatively
increasingly
geographically, physically

geographically distant areas of the world

PREPOSITION
from

The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun.

PHRASES
two miles distant, three days distant, etc.

These sites were often several miles distant from each other.

2 far away in time
VERBS
be
ADVERB
impossibly

The medieval mind can seem impossibly distant.

historically
PHRASES
in the far distant future
in the not too distant future, in the not too distant past

In the not too distant future, we may witness the cloning of human beings.

the dim and distant past (BrE)

stories from the dim and distant past

3 not friendly/not paying attention
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound

He felt oddly distant from her.

become, grow
remain
find sb
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
increasingly

Their relationship has grown increasingly distant in recent years.

a little, slightly, etc.
oddly, strangely

Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.

emotionally
PHRASES
cold and distant

When they met, he was very cold and distant.

Distant is used with these nouns: ↑ancestor, ↑bell, ↑corner, ↑country, ↑cousin, ↑descendant, ↑dream, ↑drone, ↑echo, ↑explosion, ↑father, ↑future, ↑galaxy, ↑gleam, ↑gunfire, ↑hill, ↑hillside, ↑hope, ↑horizon, ↑kin, ↑land, ↑look, ↑memory, ↑mountain, ↑murmur, ↑object, ↑past, ↑peak, ↑planet, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑relative, ↑roar, ↑rumble, ↑shore, ↑shout, ↑siren, ↑sound, ↑star, ↑thunder, ↑voice, ↑wail

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