"distance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪs.tɪns/, /ˈdɪs.təns/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-distance.ogg [US] Forms: distances [plural]
Rhymes: (weak vowel merger) -ɪstəns Etymology: From Middle English distance, distaunce, destaunce, from Old French destance, from Latin distantia (“distance, remoteness, difference”), from distāns, present participle of distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stō (“I stand”). Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”), German Abstand. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|distance}} Middle English distance, {{m|enm|distaunce}} distaunce, {{m|enm|destaunce}} destaunce, {{der|en|fro|destance}} Old French destance, {{der|en|la|distantia|t=distance, remoteness, difference}} Latin distantia (“distance, remoteness, difference”), {{m|la|distāns}} distāns, {{m|la|distō|t=I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different}} distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), {{m|la|di-}} di-, {{m|la|dis-|t=apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|stō|t=I stand}} stō (“I stand”), {{noncog|nl|afstand|lit=off-stand, off-stance|t=distance}} Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”), {{noncog|de|Abstand}} German Abstand Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} distance (countable and uncountable, plural distances)
  1. The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (amount of space between two points): afstand (Afrikaans), distancë [feminine] (Albanian), ἀπόστασις (apóstasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَسَافَة (masāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), بُعْد (buʕd) [masculine] (Arabic), بعد (buʕd) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), հեռավորություն (heṙavorutʿyun) (Armenian), দূৰৈ (duroi) (Assamese), দূৰতা (durota) (Assamese), দূৰত্ব (durotto) (Assamese), məsafə (Azerbaijani), ara (Azerbaijani), distantzia (Basque), адле́гласць (adljéhlascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), дыста́нцыя (dystáncyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), দূরত্ব (durotto) (Bengali), pellder [masculine] (Breton), разстоя́ние (razstojánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), диста́нция (distáncija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အကွာအဝေး (a.kwaa.we:) (Burmese), distància (Catalan), gai (Central Melanau), 距離 (Chinese Mandarin), 距离 (jùlí) (Chinese Mandarin), vzdálenost [feminine] (Czech), afstand [common-gender] (Danish), afstand [masculine] (Dutch), eind [neuter] (Dutch), distanco (Esperanto), malproksimo (Esperanto), kaugus (Estonian), etäisyys (Finnish), välimatka (Finnish), matka (Finnish), distance [feminine] (French), distancia [feminine] (Galician), მანძილი (manʒili) (Georgian), დაშორება (dašoreba) (Georgian), სიშორე (sišore) (Georgian), Distanz [feminine] (German), Entfernung [feminine] (German), Abstand [masculine] (German), απόσταση (apóstasi) [feminine] (Greek), διάστημα (diástima) (Greek), απομάκρυνση (apomákrynsi) (Greek), distans (Haitian Creole), מֶרְחָק (merkhák) [masculine] (Hebrew), दूरी (dūrī) [feminine] (Hindi), फ़ासला (fāslā) [masculine] (Hindi), फासला (phāslā) [masculine] (Hindi), távolság (Hungarian), táv (Hungarian), fjarlægð (Icelandic), jarak (Indonesian), etähäisys (Ingrian), distantia (Interlingua), distanza [feminine] (Italian), 距離 (kyori) (alt: きょり) (Japanese), elet (Javanese), қашықтық (qaşyqtyq) (Kazakh), арақашықтық (araqaşyqtyq) (Kazakh), ចម្ងាយ (cɑmŋaay) (Khmer), 거리 (geori) (alt: 距離) (Korean), аралык (aralık) (Kyrgyz), distansya (Ladino), lungure (Monastir) (Ladino), ໄລຍະຫ່າງ (lai nya hāng) (Lao), ຊົ່ວຣະຍະ (sūa ra nya) (Lao), distantia (Latin), attālums [masculine] (Latvian), atstatums [masculine] (Latvian), nuotolis [masculine] (Lithuanian), atstumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), distancija [feminine] (Lithuanian), растоја́ние (rastojánie) [neuter] (Macedonian), дале́чина (daléčina) [feminine] (Macedonian), оддале́ченост (oddaléčenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), раздале́ченост (razdaléčenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), дистанца (distanca) [feminine] (Macedonian), jarak (Malay), ദൂരം (dūraṁ) (Malayalam), അകലം (akalaṁ) (Malayalam), nehe (Maori), mataratanga (Maori), зай (zaj) (Mongolian), kalkayotl (Nahuatl), fiirense [feminine] (North Frisian), avstand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), distància [feminine] (Occitan), feornes [feminine] (Old English), واټن [masculine] (Pashto), فاصله (fâsele, fâsle) (Persian), دوری (duri) (Persian), odległość [feminine] (Polish), droga [feminine] (Polish), dystans [masculine] (Polish), distância class 3 (Portuguese), distanță [feminine] (Romanian), depărtare [feminine] (Romanian), расстоя́ние (rasstojánije) [neuter] (Russian), диста́нция (distáncija) [feminine] (Russian), отдалённость (otdaljónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), दूरम् (dūram) [neuter] (Sanskrit), eadar-dhealachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), у̀да̄љено̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), даљѝна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùdāljenōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), daljìna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ၶၢဝ်းတၢင်း (kháao táang) (Shan), vzdialenosť [feminine] (Slovak), razdalja [feminine] (Slovene), oddaljenost [feminine] (Slovene), distancia [feminine] (Spanish), anggang (Sundanese), umbali (Swahili), distans [common-gender] (Swedish), avstånd [neuter] (Swedish), agwat (Tagalog), масофа (masofa) (Tajik), ระยะทาง (rá-yá-taang) (Thai), ระยะห่าง (rá-yá-hàang) (Thai), ཐག (thag) (Tibetan), ལམ་ཐག (lam thag) (Tibetan), རྒྱང་ཐག (rgyang thag) (Tibetan), ara (Turkish), mesafe (Turkish), aralyk (Turkmen), відда́лення (viddálennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ві́дстань (vídstanʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ві́ддаль (víddalʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), диста́нція (dystáncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), دوری (dūrī) [feminine] (Urdu), فاصلہ (fāsilā, fāsalā) [masculine] (Urdu), masofa (Uzbek), oraliq (Uzbek), khoảng cách (Vietnamese), ubude [class-14] (Zulu), ibanga [class-5, class-6] (Zulu), iduze [class-5, class-6] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-yhiZQ6tq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Physical quantities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 6 8 9 17 1 2 7 16 2 8 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 2 4 7 8 12 2 4 6 18 3 6 1 Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 22 2 11 9 8 16 2 2 8 14 0 7 1 Disambiguation of 'amount of space between two points': 57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8
  2. Length or interval of time. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (length or interval of time): ero (Finnish), aikaero (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-wiF5zkkZ Disambiguation of 'length or interval of time': 1 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
  3. (informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Translations (subjective measure between two quantities): ero (Finnish), rako (Finnish), väli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-Nvj8~WRx Disambiguation of 'subjective measure between two quantities': 17 0 65 2 2 4 2 0 2 5
  4. Remoteness of place; a remote place. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (remoteness of place; a remote place): отдалеченост (otdalečenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llunyania [feminine] (Catalan), verte [feminine] (Dutch), foro (Esperanto), kaukaisuus (Finnish), kaukaa (note: from a distance) (Finnish), lonxanía [feminine] (Galician), distancia [feminine] (Galician), Ferne [feminine] (German), Weite [feminine] (German), messzeség (Hungarian), távolság (Hungarian), 遠方 (enpō) (alt: えんぽう) (Japanese), dalina [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), lejanía [feminine] (Spanish), distancia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-hmBAJmy8 Disambiguation of 'remoteness of place; a remote place': 3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3
  5. Remoteness in succession or relation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-lFStB7iW
  6. A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-NjBlkzil
  7. (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-F2eh7xx4
  8. (uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-C-SC~FX5
  9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-LH0B2p~N
  10. The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-distance-en-noun-vProSQve
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: distaunce [obsolete] Synonyms (remoteness): farness Related terms: distant
Disambiguation of 'remoteness': 10 0 2 25 25 6 0 0 21 10 Derived forms: action at a distance, aesthetic distance, angular distance, automatic distance control, Bhattacharyya distance, braking distance, by some distance, cartesian distance, Cartesian distance, Chebyshev distance, chessboard distance, creepage distance, critical distance, distance education, distance fog, distance formula, distance function, distance learner, distance learning, distance line, distancer, distance teaching, distance vector, distance vision, down and distance, draw distance, edit distance, effort distance, equidistance, Euclidean distance, focal distance, go the distance, Hamming distance, Hausdorff distance, Hellinger distance, horizon distance, Hubble distance, interarch distance, interplant distance, in the distance, keep at a distance, keep one's distance, keyboard distance, Levenshtein distance, linguistic distance, long-distance, long-distance relationship, luminosity distance, lunar distance, Manhattan distance, mean distance between failure, middle distance, middle-distance, polar distance, power distance, resistance distance, second distance, security distance, self-distance, short-distance, skip distance, slant distance, social distance, socially distance, spitting distance, spooky action at a distance, stay the distance, stopping distance, striking distance, string distance, taxicab distance, taxi-distance, taxi distance, Tchebychev distance, thinking distance, walking distance, zenith distance

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪs.tɪns/, /ˈdɪs.təns/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-distance.ogg [US] Forms: distances [present, singular, third-person], distancing [participle, present], distanced [participle, past], distanced [past]
Rhymes: (weak vowel merger) -ɪstəns Etymology: From Middle English distance, distaunce, destaunce, from Old French destance, from Latin distantia (“distance, remoteness, difference”), from distāns, present participle of distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stō (“I stand”). Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”), German Abstand. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|distance}} Middle English distance, {{m|enm|distaunce}} distaunce, {{m|enm|destaunce}} destaunce, {{der|en|fro|destance}} Old French destance, {{der|en|la|distantia|t=distance, remoteness, difference}} Latin distantia (“distance, remoteness, difference”), {{m|la|distāns}} distāns, {{m|la|distō|t=I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different}} distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), {{m|la|di-}} di-, {{m|la|dis-|t=apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|stō|t=I stand}} stō (“I stand”), {{noncog|nl|afstand|lit=off-stand, off-stance|t=distance}} Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”), {{noncog|de|Abstand}} German Abstand Head templates: {{en-verb}} distance (third-person singular simple present distances, present participle distancing, simple past and past participle distanced)
  1. (transitive, also reflexive) To move away (from) someone or something. Tags: also, reflexive, transitive Translations (move away): بَعَّدَ (baʕʕada) (Arabic), дистанцирам се (distanciram se) (Bulgarian), distanciar-se (Catalan), allunyar-se (Catalan), verwijderen (Dutch), etäännyttää (Finnish), tehdä eroa (Finnish), ottaa välimatkaa (Finnish), etääntyä (Finnish), ottaa etäisyyttä (Finnish), pestä kätensä (Finnish), entfernen (German), απομακρύνομαι (apomakrýnomai) (Greek), התרחק (hitrakhék) (Hebrew), दूर हटना (dūr haṭnā) (Hindi), menjauhi (Indonesian), distantiar (Interlingua), distanziare (Italian), се оддалечува (se oddalečuva) (Macedonian), се раздалечува (se razdalečuva) (Macedonian), се дистанци́ра (se distancíra) (Macedonian), അകലുക (akaluka) (Malayalam), dystansować się [imperfective] (Polish), zdystansować się [perfective] (Polish), oddalać się [imperfective] (Polish), oddalić się [perfective] (Polish), distanciar-se (Portuguese), afastar-se (Portuguese), distanța (Romanian), отдаля́ть (otdaljátʹ) (Russian), distanciarse (Spanish), alejarse (Spanish), anggang (Sundanese), distansera sig (Swedish), avlägsna sig (Swedish), దూరం చేసుకొను (dūraṁ cēsukonu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-distance-en-verb-wXsJ85an Disambiguation of 'move away': 93 5 2
  2. (transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-distance-en-verb-4BCdE~yC
  3. (transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-distance-en-verb-FNP1J7ui
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: distaunce [obsolete] Derived forms: outdistance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "keyboard distance"
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      "word": "luminosity distance"
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      "word": "lunar distance"
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      "word": "Manhattan distance"
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      "word": "mean distance between failure"
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      "word": "resistance distance"
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      "word": "second distance"
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      "word": "security distance"
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      "word": "self-distance"
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      "word": "skip distance"
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      "word": "slant distance"
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      "word": "social distance"
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      "word": "taxi-distance"
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      "word": "taxi distance"
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      "word": "walking distance"
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      "word": "zenith distance"
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "Abstand"
      },
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      "name": "noncog"
    }
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          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "afstand"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distancë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ar",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "heṙavorutʿyun",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "հեռավորություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "duroi",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "দূৰৈ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "as",
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          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "দূৰতা"
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          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "as",
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          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "দূৰত্ব"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "məsafə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distantzia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "adljéhlascʹ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "адле́гласць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dystáncyja",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дыста́нцыя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "durotto",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "দূরত্ব"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pellder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razstojánie",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "разстоя́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "distáncija",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "диста́нция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.kwaa.we:",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "အကွာအဝေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distància"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "gai"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "距離"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jùlí",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "距离"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vzdálenost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "afstand"
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          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "nl",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "afstand"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distanco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "malproksimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "kaugus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "etäisyys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "välimatka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "matka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distancia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "manʒili",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "მანძილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dašoreba",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "დაშორება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sišore",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "სიშორე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Distanz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Entfernung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Abstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apóstasi",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απόσταση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diástima",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "διάστημα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apomákrynsi",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "απομάκρυνση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apóstasis",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀπόστασις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "merkhák",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מֶרְחָק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dūrī",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दूरी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "fāslā",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "फ़ासला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "phāslā",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "फासला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "távolság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "táv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "fjarlægð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "jarak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "etähäisys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distantia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distanza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "alt": "きょり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyori",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "距離"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "elet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qaşyqtyq",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "қашықтық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "araqaşyqtyq",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "арақашықтық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑmŋaay",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ចម្ងាយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "alt": "距離",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geori",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "거리"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "aralık",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "аралык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distansya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "lungure (Monastir)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lai nya hāng",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ໄລຍະຫ່າງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sūa ra nya",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ຊົ່ວຣະຍະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distantia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "attālums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atstatums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nuotolis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atstumas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distancija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rastojánie",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "растоја́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "daléčina",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дале́чина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oddaléčenost",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оддале́ченост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "razdaléčenost",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "раздале́ченост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "distanca",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дистанца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "jarak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "dūraṁ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ദൂരം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "akalaṁ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "അകലം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "nehe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "mataratanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zaj",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "зай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "kalkayotl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fiirense"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "avstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distància"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feornes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "واټن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "fâsele, fâsle",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "فاصله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "duri",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "دوری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "odległość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "droga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dystans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "distância class 3"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distanță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "depărtare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasstojánije",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "расстоя́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "distáncija",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "диста́нция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdaljónnostʹ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "отдалённость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dūram",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "दूरम्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eadar-dhealachadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "у̀да̄љено̄ст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "даљѝна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ùdāljenōst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "daljìna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "kháao táang",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ၶၢဝ်းတၢင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vzdialenosť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "razdalja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oddaljenost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distancia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "anggang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "umbali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "distans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "avstånd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "agwat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "masofa",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "масофа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rá-yá-taang",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ระยะทาง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rá-yá-hàang",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ระยะห่าง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "thag",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ཐག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "lam thag",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ལམ་ཐག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "rgyang thag",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "རྒྱང་ཐག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "ara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "mesafe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "aralyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "viddálennja",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "відда́лення"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vídstanʹ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ві́дстань"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "víddalʹ",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ві́ддаль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dystáncija",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "диста́нція"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "dūrī",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دوری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "fāsilā, fāsalā",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "فاصلہ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "masofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "oraliq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "word": "khoảng cách"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "class-14"
          ],
          "word": "ubude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "class-5",
            "class-6"
          ],
          "word": "ibanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 9 3 3 10 6 0 4 8",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "amount of space between two points",
          "tags": [
            "class-5",
            "class-6"
          ],
          "word": "iduze"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1718, Matthew Prior, Preface to a Collection of Poems",
          "text": "ten years' distance between my writing the one and the other",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1795, John Playfair, Elements of Geometry",
          "text": "the writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Length or interval of time."
      ],
      "id": "en-distance-en-noun-wiF5zkkZ",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "length or interval of time",
          "word": "ero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "length or interval of time",
          "word": "aikaero"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.  The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities."
      ],
      "id": "en-distance-en-noun-Nvj8~WRx",
      "links": [
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 0 65 2 2 4 2 0 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
          "word": "ero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 0 65 2 2 4 2 0 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
          "word": "rako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 0 65 2 2 4 2 0 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
          "word": "väli"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1799, Thomas Campbell, The Pleasure of Hope",
          "text": "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Remoteness of place; a remote place."
      ],
      "id": "en-distance-en-noun-hmBAJmy8",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otdalečenost",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "отдалеченост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "llunyania"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "verte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "word": "foro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "word": "kaukaisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "from a distance",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "word": "kaukaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lonxanía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distancia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ferne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Weite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "word": "messzeség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
          "word": "távolság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 82 5 2 1 1 4 3",
          "alt": "えんぽう",
          "code": "ja",
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      "word": "Tchebychev distance"
    },
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          "ref": "1718, Matthew Prior, Preface to a Collection of Poems",
          "text": "ten years' distance between my writing the one and the other",
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          "ref": "1795, John Playfair, Elements of Geometry",
          "text": "the writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years",
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          "ref": "1799, Thomas Campbell, The Pleasure of Hope",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "sense": "remoteness",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "afstand"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسَافَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "heṙavorutʿyun",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "հեռավորություն"
    },
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "duroi",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "দূৰৈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "durota",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "দূৰতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "durotto",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "দূৰত্ব"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "məsafə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ara"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distantzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adljéhlascʹ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "адле́гласць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dystáncyja",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дыста́нцыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "durotto",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "দূরত্ব"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pellder"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razstojánie",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разстоя́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "distáncija",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диста́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.kwaa.we:",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "အကွာအဝေး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distància"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "gai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "距離"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùlí",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "距离"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vzdálenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afstand"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eind"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "malproksimo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "kaugus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "etäisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "välimatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "matka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "manʒili",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "მანძილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dašoreba",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "დაშორება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sišore",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "სიშორე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Distanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entfernung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apóstasi",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απόσταση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diástima",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "διάστημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apomákrynsi",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "απομάκρυνση"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apóstasis",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ἀπόστασις"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distans"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "merkhák",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מֶרְחָק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dūrī",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दूरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "fāslā",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फ़ासला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "phāslā",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फासला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "távolság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "táv"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "fjarlægð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "jarak"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "etähäisys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distanza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyori",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "距離"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "elet"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qaşyqtyq",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "қашықтық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "araqaşyqtyq",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "арақашықтық"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑmŋaay",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ចម្ងាយ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "距離",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geori",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "거리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "aralık",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "аралык"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distansya"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "lungure (Monastir)"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lai nya hāng",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ໄລຍະຫ່າງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sūa ra nya",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ຊົ່ວຣະຍະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attālums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atstatums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nuotolis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atstumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rastojánie",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "растоја́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "daléčina",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дале́чина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oddaléčenost",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оддале́ченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razdaléčenost",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раздале́ченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "distanca",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дистанца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "jarak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "dūraṁ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ദൂരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "akalaṁ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "അകലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "nehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "mataratanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zaj",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "зай"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "kalkayotl"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiirense"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distància"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feornes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "واټن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fâsele, fâsle",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "فاصله"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "duri",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "دوری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odległość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dystans"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "distância class 3"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "depărtare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasstojánije",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "расстоя́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "distáncija",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диста́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdaljónnostʹ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отдалённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dūram",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "दूरम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-dhealachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀да̄љено̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "даљѝна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ùdāljenōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daljìna"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "kháao táang",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ၶၢဝ်းတၢင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vzdialenosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "razdalja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oddaljenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "anggang"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "umbali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "distans"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avstånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "agwat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "masofa",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "масофа"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-yá-taang",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ระยะทาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-yá-hàang",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ระยะห่าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "thag",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ཐག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "lam thag",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ལམ་ཐག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rgyang thag",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "རྒྱང་ཐག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "mesafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "aralyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddálennja",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відда́лення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vídstanʹ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ві́дстань"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "víddalʹ",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ві́ддаль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dystáncija",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диста́нція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dūrī",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دوری"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "fāsilā, fāsalā",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فاصلہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "masofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "oraliq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "word": "khoảng cách"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "class-14"
      ],
      "word": "ubude"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "ibanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "amount of space between two points",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "iduze"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "length or interval of time",
      "word": "ero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "length or interval of time",
      "word": "aikaero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
      "word": "ero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
      "word": "rako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subjective measure between two quantities",
      "word": "väli"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdalečenost",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отдалеченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llunyania"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "foro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "kaukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "from a distance",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "kaukaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lonxanía"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ferne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weite"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "messzeség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "távolság"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんぽう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enpō",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "word": "遠方"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lejanía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remoteness of place; a remote place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distancia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "distance"
  ],
  "word": "distance"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Breton translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪstəns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪstəns/2 syllables",
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      "word": "outdistance"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "3": "destance"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "la",
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      "name": "der"
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      },
      "expansion": "distāns",
      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "di-"
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      "expansion": "di-",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dis-",
        "t": "apart"
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      "expansion": "dis- (“apart”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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        "lit": "off-stand, off-stance",
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      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Abstand"
      },
      "expansion": "German Abstand",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English distance, distaunce, destaunce, from Old French destance, from Latin distantia (“distance, remoteness, difference”), from distāns, present participle of distō (“I stand apart, I am separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stō (“I stand”). Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”, literally “off-stand, off-stance”), German Abstand.",
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      "form": "distances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "distanced",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "distanced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 1, Philip Haigh, “TPE must choose the right route to a brighter future”, in RAIL, number 995, page 57",
          "text": "But Gisby distances himself from calling TPE an inter-city operator.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move away (from) someone or something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, also reflexive) To move away (from) someone or something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the \"Stranger People's\" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 71",
          "text": "Then the horse, with muscles strong as steel, distanced the sound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outpace",
          "outpace"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose interest in a specific issue."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪs.tɪns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪs.təns/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(weak vowel merger) -ɪstəns"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distance.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/En-us-distance.ogg/En-us-distance.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/En-us-distance.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "distaunce"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baʕʕada",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "بَعَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "distanciram se",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "дистанцирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distanciar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "allunyar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "verwijderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "etäännyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "tehdä eroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "ottaa välimatkaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "etääntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "ottaa etäisyyttä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "pestä kätensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "entfernen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apomakrýnomai",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "απομακρύνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitrakhék",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "התרחק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dūr haṭnā",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "दूर हटना"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "menjauhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distantiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distanziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se oddalečuva",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "се оддалечува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se razdalečuva",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "се раздалечува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se distancíra",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "се дистанци́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "akaluka",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "അകലുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dystansować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdystansować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oddalać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oddalić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distanciar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "afastar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distanța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdaljátʹ",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "отдаля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distanciarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "alejarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "anggang"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "distansera sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "avlägsna sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dūraṁ cēsukonu",
      "sense": "move away",
      "word": "దూరం చేసుకొను"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "distance"
  ],
  "word": "distance"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Portuguese: 'distância class 3', originally 'distância class 3'",
  "path": [
    "distance"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "distance",
  "trace": ""
}

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