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Topics distance topics
What do people use distance to talk about?
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What words indicate that something is far from something else?far far away far off afar far afield far and wide a far cry from far apart far removed distant be distant a long distance in the distance some distance a good distance a ways way off a long way (off) a long ways away a fair way quite a ways nowhere near miles (away) yonder wide of clear off all over asunder at arm's length on the horizon the ends of the earth uttermost parts of the earth
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Conjugation distance conjugation
How do you conjugate distance?
distance · verb
Present I distance
Positive I distance
Singular
1st person I distance
2nd person you distance
3rd person he/she/it distances
Plural
1st person we distance
2nd person you distance
3rd person they distance
Negative I don't distance
Singular
1st person I don't distance I do not distance
2nd person you don't distance you do not distance
3rd person he/she/it doesn't distance he/she/it does not distance
Plural
1st person we don't distance we do not distance
2nd person you don't distance you do not distance
3rd person they don't distance they do not distance
Question do I distance?
Singular
1st person do I distance?
2nd person do you distance?
3rd person does he/she/it distance?
Plural
1st person do we distance?
2nd person do you distance?
3rd person do they distance?
Negative question don't I distance?
Singular
1st person don't I distance? do I not distance?
2nd person don't you distance? do you not distance?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it distance? does he/she/it not distance?
Plural
1st person don't we distance? do we not distance?
2nd person don't you distance? do you not distance?
3rd person don't they distance? do they not distance?
Past I distanced
Positive I distanced
Singular
1st person I distanced
2nd person you distanced
3rd person he/she/it distanced
Plural
1st person we distanced
2nd person you distanced
3rd person they distanced
Negative I didn't distance
Singular
1st person I didn't distance I did not distance
2nd person you didn't distance you did not distance
3rd person he/she/it didn't distance he/she/it did not distance
Plural
1st person we didn't distance we did not distance
2nd person you didn't distance you did not distance
3rd person they didn't distance they did not distance
Question did I distance?
Singular
1st person did I distance?
2nd person did you distance?
3rd person did he/she/it distance?
Plural
1st person did we distance?
2nd person did you distance?
3rd person did they distance?
Negative question didn't I distance?
Singular
1st person didn't I distance? did I not distance?
2nd person didn't you distance? did you not distance?
3rd person didn't he/she/it distance? did he/she/it not distance?
Plural
1st person didn't we distance? did we not distance?
2nd person didn't you distance? did you not distance?
3rd person didn't they distance? did they not distance?
Future I'll distance
Positive I'll distance
Singular
1st person I'll distance I will distance
2nd person you'll distance you will distance
3rd person he/she/it'll distance he/she/it will distance
Plural
1st person we'll distance we will distance
2nd person you'll distance you will distance
3rd person they'll distance they will distance
Negative I won't distance
Singular
1st person I won't distance I will not distance
2nd person you won't distance you will not distance
3rd person he/she/it won't distance he/she/it will not distance
Plural
1st person we won't distance we will not distance
2nd person you won't distance you will not distance
3rd person they won't distance they will not distance
Question will I distance?
Singular
1st person will I distance?
2nd person will you distance?
3rd person will he/she/it distance?
Plural
1st person will we distance?
2nd person will you distance?
3rd person will they distance?
Negative question won't I distance?
Singular
1st person won't I distance? will I not distance?
2nd person won't you distance? will you not distance?
3rd person won't he/she/it distance? will he/she/it not distance?
Plural
1st person won't we distance? will we not distance?
2nd person won't you distance? will you not distance?
3rd person won't they distance? will they not distance?
Conditional I'd distance
Positive I'd distance
Singular
1st person I'd distance I would distance
2nd person you'd distance you would distance
3rd person he/she/it'd distance he/she/it would distance
Plural
1st person we'd distance we would distance
2nd person you'd distance you would distance
3rd person they'd distance they would distance
Negative I wouldn't distance
Singular
1st person I wouldn't distance I would not distance
2nd person you wouldn't distance you would not distance
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't distance he/she/it would not distance
Plural
1st person we wouldn't distance we would not distance
2nd person you wouldn't distance you would not distance
3rd person they wouldn't distance they would not distance
Question would I distance?
Singular
1st person would I distance?
2nd person would you distance?
3rd person would he/she/it distance?
Plural
1st person would we distance?
2nd person would you distance?
3rd person would they distance?
Negative question wouldn't I distance?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I distance? would I not distance?
2nd person wouldn't you distance? would you not distance?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it distance? would he/she/it not distance?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we distance? would we not distance?
2nd person wouldn't you distance? would you not distance?
3rd person wouldn't they distance? would they not distance?
Present continuous I'm distancing
Positive I'm distancing
Singular
1st person I'm distancing I am distancing
2nd person you're distancing you are distancing
3rd person he/she/it's distancing he/she/it is distancing
Plural
1st person we're distancing we are distancing
2nd person you're distancing you are distancing
3rd person they're distancing they are distancing
Negative I'm not distancing
Singular
1st person I'm not distancing I am not distancing
2nd person you aren't distancing you're not distancing you are not distancing
3rd person he/she/it isn't distancing he/she/it's not distancing he/she/it is not distancing
Plural
1st person we aren't distancing we're not distancing we are not distancing
2nd person you aren't distancing you're not distancing you are not distancing
3rd person they aren't distancing they're not distancing they are not distancing
Question am I distancing?
Singular
1st person am I distancing?
2nd person are you distancing?
3rd person is he/she/it distancing?
Plural
1st person are we distancing?
2nd person are you distancing?
3rd person are they distancing?
Negative question aren't I distancing?
Singular
1st person aren't I distancing? am I not distancing?
2nd person aren't you distancing? are you not distancing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it distancing? is he/she/it not distancing?
Plural
1st person aren't we distancing? are we not distancing?
2nd person aren't you distancing? are you not distancing?
3rd person aren't they distancing? are they not distancing?
Past continuous I was distancing
Positive I was distancing
Singular
1st person I was distancing
2nd person you were distancing
3rd person he/she/it was distancing
Plural
1st person we were distancing
2nd person you were distancing
3rd person they were distancing
Negative I wasn't distancing
Singular
1st person I wasn't distancing I was not distancing
2nd person you weren't distancing you were not distancing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't distancing he/she/it was not distancing
Plural
1st person we weren't distancing we were not distancing
2nd person you weren't distancing you were not distancing
3rd person they weren't distancing they were not distancing
Question was I distancing?
Singular
1st person was I distancing?
2nd person were you distancing?
3rd person was he/she/it distancing?
Plural
1st person were we distancing?
2nd person were you distancing?
3rd person were they distancing?
Negative question wasn't I distancing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I distancing? was I not distancing?
2nd person weren't you distancing? were you not distancing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it distancing? was he/she/it not distancing?
Plural
1st person weren't we distancing? were we not distancing?
2nd person weren't you distancing? were you not distancing?
3rd person weren't they distancing? were they not distancing?
Future continuous I'll be distancing
Positive I'll be distancing
Singular
1st person I'll be distancing I will be distancing
2nd person you'll be distancing you will be distancing
3rd person he/she/it'll be distancing he/she/it will be distancing
Plural
1st person we'll be distancing we will be distancing
2nd person you'll be distancing you will be distancing
3rd person they'll be distancing they will be distancing
Negative I won't be distancing
Singular
1st person I won't be distancing I will not be distancing
2nd person you won't be distancing you will not be distancing
3rd person he/she/it won't be distancing he/she/it will not be distancing
Plural
1st person we won't be distancing we will not be distancing
2nd person you won't be distancing you will not be distancing
3rd person they won't be distancing they will not be distancing
Question will I be distancing?
Singular
1st person will I be distancing?
2nd person will you be distancing?
3rd person will he/she/it be distancing?
Plural
1st person will we be distancing?
2nd person will you be distancing?
3rd person will they be distancing?
Negative question won't I be distancing?
Singular
1st person won't I be distancing? will I not be distancing?
2nd person won't you be distancing? will you not be distancing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be distancing? will he/she/it not be distancing?
Plural
1st person won't we be distancing? will we not be distancing?
2nd person won't you be distancing? will you not be distancing?
3rd person won't they be distancing? will they not be distancing?
Conditional continuous I'd be distancing
Positive I'd be distancing
Singular
1st person I'd be distancing I would be distancing
2nd person you'd be distancing you would be distancing
3rd person he/she/it'd be distancing he/she/it would be distancing
Plural
1st person we'd be distancing we would be distancing
2nd person you'd be distancing you would be distancing
3rd person they'd be distancing they would be distancing
Negative I wouldn't be distancing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be distancing I would not be distancing
2nd person you wouldn't be distancing you would not be distancing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be distancing he/she/it would not be distancing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be distancing we would not be distancing
2nd person you wouldn't be distancing you would not be distancing
3rd person they wouldn't be distancing they would not be distancing
Question would I be distancing?
Singular
1st person would I be distancing?
2nd person would you be distancing?
3rd person would he/she/it be distancing?
Plural
1st person would we be distancing?
2nd person would you be distancing?
3rd person would they be distancing?
Negative question wouldn't I be distancing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be distancing? would I not be distancing?
2nd person wouldn't you be distancing? would you not be distancing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be distancing? would he/she/it not be distancing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be distancing? would we not be distancing?
2nd person wouldn't you be distancing? would you not be distancing?
3rd person wouldn't they be distancing? would they not be distancing?
Present perfect I've distanced
Positive I've distanced
Singular
1st person I've distanced I have distanced
2nd person you've distanced you have distanced
3rd person he/she/it's distanced he/she/it has distanced
Plural
1st person we've distanced we have distanced
2nd person you've distanced you have distanced
3rd person they've distanced they have distanced
Negative I haven't distanced
Singular
1st person I haven't distanced I have not distanced
2nd person you haven't distanced you have not distanced
3rd person he/she/it hasn't distanced he/she/it has not distanced
Plural
1st person we haven't distanced we have not distanced
2nd person you haven't distanced you have not distanced
3rd person they haven't distanced they have not distanced
Question have I distanced?
Singular
1st person have I distanced?
2nd person have you distanced?
3rd person has he/she/it distanced?
Plural
1st person have we distanced?
2nd person have you distanced?
3rd person have they distanced?
Negative question haven't I distanced?
Singular
1st person haven't I distanced? have I not distanced?
2nd person haven't you distanced? have you not distanced?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it distanced? has he/she/it not distanced?
Plural
1st person haven't we distanced? have we not distanced?
2nd person haven't you distanced? have you not distanced?
3rd person haven't they distanced? have they not distanced?
Past perfect I had distanced
Positive I had distanced
Singular
1st person I had distanced
2nd person you had distanced
3rd person he/she/it had distanced
Plural
1st person we had distanced
2nd person you had distanced
3rd person they had distanced
Negative I hadn't distanced
Singular
1st person I hadn't distanced I had not distanced
2nd person you hadn't distanced you had not distanced
3rd person he/she/it hadn't distanced he/she/it had not distanced
Plural
1st person we hadn't distanced we had not distanced
2nd person you hadn't distanced you had not distanced
3rd person they hadn't distanced they had not distanced
Question had I distanced?
Singular
1st person had I distanced?
2nd person had you distanced?
3rd person had he/she/it distanced?
Plural
1st person had we distanced?
2nd person had you distanced?
3rd person had they distanced?
Negative question hadn't I distanced?
Singular
1st person hadn't I distanced? had I not distanced?
2nd person hadn't you distanced? had you not distanced?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it distanced? had he/she/it not distanced?
Plural
1st person hadn't we distanced? had we not distanced?
2nd person hadn't you distanced? had you not distanced?
3rd person hadn't they distanced? had they not distanced?
Future perfect I'll have distanced
Positive I'll have distanced
Singular
1st person I'll have distanced I will have distanced
2nd person you'll have distanced you will have distanced
3rd person he/she/it'll have distanced he/she/it will have distanced
Plural
1st person we'll have distanced we will have distanced
2nd person you'll have distanced you will have distanced
3rd person they'll have distanced they will have distanced
Negative I won't have distanced
Singular
1st person I won't have distanced I will not have distanced
2nd person you won't have distanced you will not have distanced
3rd person he/she/it won't have distanced he/she/it will not have distanced
Plural
1st person we won't have distanced we will not have distanced
2nd person you won't have distanced you will not have distanced
3rd person they won't have distanced they will not have distanced
Question +'ll I have distanced?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have distanced? will I have distanced?
2nd person +'ll you have distanced? will you have distanced?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have distanced? will he/she/it have distanced?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have distanced? will we have distanced?
2nd person +'ll you have distanced? will you have distanced?
3rd person +'ll they have distanced? will they have distanced?
Negative question won't I have distanced?
Singular
1st person won't I have distanced? will I not have distanced?
2nd person won't you have distanced? will you not have distanced?
3rd person won't he/she/it have distanced? will he/she/it not have distanced?
Plural
1st person won't we have distanced? will we not have distanced?
2nd person won't you have distanced? will you not have distanced?
3rd person won't they have distanced? will they not have distanced?
Conditional perfect I'd have distanced
Positive I'd have distanced
Singular
1st person I'd have distanced I would have distanced
2nd person you'd have distanced you would have distanced
3rd person he/she/it'd have distanced he/she/it would have distanced
Plural
1st person we'd have distanced we would have distanced
2nd person you'd have distanced you would have distanced
3rd person they'd have distanced they would have distanced
Negative I wouldn't have distanced
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have distanced I would not have distanced
2nd person you wouldn't have distanced you would not have distanced
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have distanced he/she/it would not have distanced
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have distanced we would not have distanced
2nd person you wouldn't have distanced you would not have distanced
3rd person they wouldn't have distanced they would not have distanced
Question would I have distanced?
Singular
1st person would I have distanced?
2nd person would you have distanced?
3rd person would he/she/it have distanced?
Plural
1st person would we have distanced?
2nd person would you have distanced?
3rd person would they have distanced?
Negative question wouldn't I have distanced?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have distanced? would I not have distanced?
2nd person wouldn't you have distanced? would you not have distanced?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have distanced? would he/she/it not have distanced?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have distanced? would we not have distanced?
2nd person wouldn't you have distanced? would you not have distanced?
3rd person wouldn't they have distanced? would they not have distanced?
Imperative distance!
Positive
you distance!
we let's distance!
Negative
you don't distance!
we let's not distance!
Examples distance examples
How do I use distance in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Seen from a distance, she's a beauty.
The moon is not always the same distance away from Earth.
He deliberately set the house on fire. Then he watched from distance how firemen tried to fight the fire.
The lighthouse is gradually disappearing into the distance.
They told me to keep my distance.
People are ordered to observe a two-meter distance from one another in stores.
There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.
I can't judge distance.
The school is within walking distance of my house.
The picture looks better at a distance.
Scientists can easily compute the distance between planets.
We felt relieved when we saw a light in the distance.
I saw a town in the distance.
We can see the island in the distance.
I saw a house in the distance.
I saw land in the distance.
We can see Mt. Fuji in the distance.
I saw a light in the distance.
We saw a bird in the distance.
It happened that I saw my friend walking in the distance.
We were glad when we saw a light in the distance.
We saw a castle in the distance.
In the distance there stood a dimly white lighthouse.
Movie subtitles
Maximum distance is about 270 meters.
But the most important is its distance from our energy source - the sun.
This telescope will also determine the planet's mass and distance from its star.
Y-You said you were trying to keep your distance from me, a-and then you do this?
Hurry. LESLIE (in distance): All right, have a good day, honey!
Long distance relationships are really hard.
I need some distance.
While the fires of the Turkish camp burned red in the distance, the emperor ordered the last procession of the Virgin Protector.
Say, if your Friend doesn't participate, there'll be no competition in the long-distance run.
The clerk who had invited him to tea lived a long distance from Akakiy Akakievich.
That's only for long distance.
Distance of the rocket from the moon: approx. 40,000 km.
While the cannons of Fontenoy thundered in the distance, a young man in a modest room.
I came here from a great distance to live at the Grand Hotel.
Professor, this is where you came to distance yourself from everything that can hurt you. fleeing to the safety of your cage.
Even if at a distance, he's watching from somewhere, or he couldn't target us so accurately.
I'm going to call her up long-distance and disguise my voice so she won't know who it is!
Here's your long-distance call.
Hello, give me long distance.
Distance from Montreal: 1,424 miles.
A fine big ship, too, as far as I can judge from this distance.
To lead up to it ordinarily, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
I can't walk all that distance.
They look alike in the distance, Sir.
Maybe we better talk to Finn from a distance.
They say it's like a long cloud in the distance.
LESLIE (in distance): All right, have a good day, honey!
In the distance, all hail you.
No. We talked to him long distance today.
Long distance.
Here's a smart little ploy. to be used at a distance.
In the distance I can already hear the grumble of the volcano!
Yes, at a distance.
Target's a deal too close. can we have it removed to a fit distance to shoot at?
If your archer captain wins at that distance.. I'll give you 1 000 gold marks for him.
Yes, quite a distance.
News and current affairs
The paradox is that, by maintaining a political distance and thus limiting Turkey's options, Europe may end up reinforcing Turkey's status as a military outpost of the US.
What a distance Poland has travelled since communism's collapse in 1989!
This so embarrassed the three Arab NME partners that each raced to distance itself from the US-sponsored initiative.
Of course, for them and for Israel, this was Hezbollah and the need to eradicate or at a minimum disarm it and force its fighters to a safe distance from settlements and towns in northern Israel.
Perhaps, after the first brutal generation of democratic rule, a slightly more moral society will arise and the Pope's words will be recalled from a distance.
Factors like geographical distance and economic interdependence have made the US wary of entanglement in Asia's territorial feuds.
Of course, there was much else in the manifesto - fantasies about reviving the medieval Knights Templar, for example - that suggests a more bizarre disposition, and Wilders was quick to distance himself from Breivik's violent methods.
As a result, the culture of physical violence and verbal provocation that is gaining ground in Putin's Russia is deeply disturbing, whereas we tend to judge Chinese misdeeds with a greater sense of distance, if not indifference.
In the cyber world, by contrast, actors are diverse (and sometimes anonymous), physical distance is immaterial, and some forms of offense are cheap.
The eurozone's flaws reflect its conceptual distance from the US, which is the only model of a well-functioning monetary union.
But with the exception of Spain and parts of Eastern Europe, they have until very recently interacted at a distance and outside Europe's boundaries.
In the US, the rungs of the ladder are farther apart than elsewhere, and the distance from the top to the bottom is greater.
Chirac's remarks highlight the EU's distance from its ideal of equality for all of its members.
As a result, Hatoyama's administration seems to be trying to emulate South Korea's former Roh Moo-hyun administration, which foolishly sought to distance that country from its main defensive partner, the US.
Moreover, as globalization shrinks distance, events in faraway places - like Afghanistan - have a greater impact on everyone's lives.
Moreover, a human being's reticence to kill is inversely related to the distance between attacker and target.
There are many advantages to having an independent central bank run by professionals who can keep their distance from politicians.
Can the United States still afford a suburban lifestyle, with sprawling homes in far-flung communities that require long-distance automobile commutes?
There are real and understandable concerns for the health of competitors, especially those in endurance and long-distance events such as cycling and the marathon.
Oman is keeping its distance from the situation, while Kuwait has attempted to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
There is now a solid opposition in Venezuela and less distance between those who rule and those who want to rule.
Le Bon believed that crowds need strong leaders, to distance them from their natural madness and transform them into civilizations of splendor, vigor, and brilliance.
Other countries' governments, it seems, have been trying to distance themselves from the problem, fearing a contagion that they know is likely to spread.