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/ˈdɪstənt/- 1[usually before noun] far away from the place where you are
Her eyes scanned the distant hills.
I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic.
The castle was four miles distant.
- a.far away in time
The elections are still five weeks distant.
in the distant past/future (=a long time ago/a long time in the future):One day, in the distant future, I might go and live abroad.
in the not too distant future (=fairly soon):I expect to return in the not too distant future.
a distant memory (=something you cannot remember very well because it happened a long time ago):That lovely summer in Majorca already felt like a distant memory.
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