word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/distant.json

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{
    "term": "distant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "far away in space or time",
            "labels": "(formal)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the distant sound of music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "distant stars/planets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The time we spent together is now a distant memory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The airport was about 20 kilometres distant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a star 30 000 light years distant from the Earth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peace was just a distant hope *(= not very likely)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These sites were often several miles distant from each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "geographically distant areas of the world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in far distant lands"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "sound", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["two miles distant", "three days distant", "etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not like something else",
            "sensetop": "distant (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their life seemed utterly distant from his own."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The medieval mind can seem impossibly distant."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "remote"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "related to you but not closely",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **distant cousin/aunt/relative**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not friendly; not wanting a close relationship with somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pat sounded very cold and distant on the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became emotionally distant from his friends and family after the illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When they met, he was very cold and distant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt oddly distant from her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship has grown increasingly distant in recent years."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["cold and distant"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not paying attention to something but thinking about something completely different",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a distant look in her eyes; her mind was obviously on something else."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seemed distant and distracted."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["cold and distant"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a long time ago",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "stories from the dim and distant past"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the distant past this land was covered in forests."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not a long time in the future but fairly soon",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I hope we’ll see each other again in the not too distant future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the not too distant future, we may witness the cloning of human beings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will be moving house in the not too distant future."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪstənt/",
                "audio": "di/distant/distant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪstənt/",
                "audio": "di/distant/distant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin distant- ‘standing apart’, from the verb distare, from dis- ‘apart’ + stare ‘stand’."
}