distant
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- adjective
- /ˈdɪstənt/
- And so the Mosasaur helped to support Cuvier's hypothesis that several universal cataclysms occurred on Earth in the distant past.
- the distant past
- the distant future
- a distant memory
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Watch on YouTubeIt's fascinating when the echoes of people from a distant past are seen today.
- It's fascinating when the echoes of people from a distant past are seen today.
- So if you are here from the far distant future to be like, this isn't a duology.
- And then in the not the not too distant future they're going to be much better off.
- We fear the loss of what these things might mean to us in some distant hypothetical future.
- Yeah, Saying, you know, that may have been beneficial to us in our distant past are no longer.
- It had computer numbers for each and rules old men had made in a distant past.
- We've inherited institutions from a very distant past.
Examples
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In the Arctic, climate change isn't a distant threat in the future.
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A closer relationship may emerge in the distant future once the dreams attached to sovereignty fade.
Academic text (1992) -
And so imagine that you are in a in the distant future.
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This is a yet further past, and then this is a much more distant past.
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Hopefully we'll get to meet in person at some point in the not too distant post COVID world.
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A planet that burned like a green star in the distant heavens.
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The moon had come out over the distant mountains and filled the sky with orange.
Fiction book (1994) -
When we talk about the distant past, we often use the word prehistory.
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It's fascinating when the echoes of people from a distant past are seen today.
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In the distant past, ancient civilizations built impressive structures that still amaze us today.
Synonyms
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1.0
At a time a long way in the past or future
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4.2
Very far away in place or time
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2.8
Far from here in place or time
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Very different in life, feeling, or situation
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4.8
From a time very long ago
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5.1
Far away in time, long ago or in the future
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A time very far in the past often used to begin a story
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How Distant
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Etymology
Distant comes from the parts dis- 'apart' and stand 'to stand', so a 'distant' time is one that 'stands apart' from now and feels far in the past or future.