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# distance

noun (distance, distances)

«distance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Distance is how far it is from one place to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#m1)
2. «In the distance» means far away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#m2)
3. To keep your distance is to stay away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: a length between places or travelled; distance = speed × time; distance around a shape is the perimeter; maps and scales; science: the distance from Earth to the Sun, light-years; PE: long-distance running; safety: keep a safe distance from roads, fires and wild animals

### Examples

- The distance from home to school is 2 km. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x1)
- What distance does the car travel in 3 hours at 50 km an hour? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x2)
- She ran a distance of 400 meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x3)
- Find the distance around the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x4)
- We saw mountains in the distance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x5)
- Keep your distance from the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x6)
- The Moon is a long distance from Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x7)
- Measure the distance on the map with a ruler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x8)
- Still it was a great distance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/#x9)

### Note

Asks for a length; with speed and time: distance = speed × time. Trap: a round trip is twice the one-way distance.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «distance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«distance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/distance.html) on Mova free.