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# distant

«distant» in Mova's school dictionary: **far away in space** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (distant, more distant, most distant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Distant means far away in space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#m1)

2) Distant means far away in time, long ago or far in the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#m2)

3) A distant relative is someone in your family who is not closely related. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#m3)

4) A distant person is not friendly or seems not to be paying attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, distant places, planets and stars are far away; in history, the distant past is long ago. In stories, distant sounds and lands create atmosphere. Phrases: the distant past, a distant relative, in the distance, distant from.

### examples

- We could see distant mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x1)
- Pluto is very distant from the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x2)
- Dinosaurs lived in the distant past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x3)
- She is a distant cousin of mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x4)
- We heard the distant sound of thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x5)
- He seemed distant and quiet today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x6)
- In the distant future, people may live on Mars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x7)
- While they talked they heard a distant sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/#x8)

### note

Adjective; noun: distance; adverb: distantly. Opposite: near, close. In maths, distance is how far apart two things are; distant just means far.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants have excellent memories: old female leaders remember distant water in droughts and recognise friends after many years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/12/)
- [Elephants hear very low rumbles we cannot hear and feel them through their feet, and they may sense distant thunderstorms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/16/)
- [The American and the African and Asian porcupines are only distant relatives, and many scientists think they grew quills separately.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice/14/)
- [Weather often warns you before it turns dangerous: tall dark clouds, a darkening sky, a sudden cool wind and distant rumbles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/0/)
- [Some parents are cool or distant: they say little and rarely praise or hug.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «distant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.