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• Hyphenation: dis‧tanceCategory:2-syllable words

Noun

1. The distance between two things is how far apart they are. A short distance means they're close to each other, and a long distance means they're far apart.

   The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles.

   The distance from my house to the store is 2 kilometres.

   The two girls were sitting a short distance apart, so they could hear each other whisper.

Verb

1. If you distance yourself from someone, you move away from something or someone.