distant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   located far away spatially

   distant lands

2. 2
   adj

   separate or apart in time

   distant events

3. 3
   adj

   separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

   distant villages

4. 4
   adj

   far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

   a distant cousin

5. 5
   adj

   Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

   We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.

6. 6
   adj

   Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

   Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.

7. 7
   adj

   Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).

   Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […]

8. 8
   adj

   remote in manner

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.