long-distance
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3.0
- adjective
- /lɔŋˈdɪstəns/
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de larga distancia
- For a long-distance call to Chicago, On your telephone, by the way.
- long-distance telephone service
- long-distance telephone
- long-distance telecommunications
Examples
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No, I'm very happy with my long-distance service.
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Better to wait until tonight when the long-distance rates will be cheaper.
Fiction book (1995) -
Take you two hours to make a long-distance call.
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Operator, I'd like to put in a long-distance call.
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I called my brother's wife the other day, and we chatted long-distance for thirty minutes.
Fiction book (1995) -
According to our records, a long-distance call was placed on April 5... from Hollywood 3-3449, listed as the Red Spot Grill.
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Yes, I placed a long-distance call to Xavier Cugat.
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Long-distance relationships are hard.
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Long-distance call for you.
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I want to place a long-distance call to Los Angeles.
Antonyms
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1.0
A phone call made inside the same town or area, usually cheaper than a long-distance call
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Etymology
Long-distance comes from the simple words long and distance, where long means 'far' and distance means 'the space between'. So a long-distance call is a phone call to someone far away and used to cost more because it had to travel over many places.