distance
VERBNOUN
/dɪstəns/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
distance is a valid 8-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2I1S1T1A1N1C3E1
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does distance mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Go far ahead of.
“He outdistanced the other runners”
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2
Keep at a distance.
“we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living”
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NOUN · 6 SENSES
1
Size of the gap between two places.
“the distance from New York to Chicago”
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2
The interval between two times.
“the distance from birth to death”
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3
Indifference by personal withdrawal.
“emotional distance”
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4
A distant region.
“I could see it in the distance”
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5
A remote point in time.
“if that happens it will be at some distance in the future”
“at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details”
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6
The property created by the space between two objects or points.
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