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Definition of Distant

Distant

  1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
  2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
  3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
  4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
  5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Distant Quotations

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Brian Tracy

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
Helen Keller

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
John F. Kennedy

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Distant Translations

distant in Afrikaans is ver
distant in Dutch is ververwijderd, ver, verwijderd
distant in French is distant, vaste
distant in German is abstehend
distant in Italian is distante, vasto
distant in Norwegian is fjern
distant in Portuguese is distante
distant in Spanish is lejano, distante, vasto

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