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adjective
1far away in space or time:distant parts of the world I remember that distant afternoon [predic.] (after a measurement) at a specified distance:the star is 30,000 light years distant from earth the town lay half a mile distant (of a sound) faint or vague because far away:the distant bark of some farm dog remote or far apart in resemblance or relationship:a distant acquaintance [attributive] (of a person) not closely related:a distant cousin
2(of a person) not intimate; cool or reserved:his children found him strangely distant she and my father were distant with each other remote; abstracted:a distant look in his eyes
