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distant

/ˈdɪst(ə)nt/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɪst(ə)nt/
distant
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2 syllables
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dis - tant -> distant

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဝေးကွာ

Full entry

distant /'dÇstǝnt/ adj

၁။ (ကာလ၊ ဒေသ) ကွာလှမ်းသော။ ဝေးကွာသော။
travel to distant parts of the world ❍ a distant land ❍ the sound of a distant aeroplane ❍ The airport is about ten miles distant (from the city). ❍ I hope we'll meet again in the not-too-distant future. ❍ It's only a dim and distant memory now. ❍ World peace still seems a distant prospect.
၂။ (of people) အရင်းအချာ မဟုတ်သော။
a distant cousin.
၃။ (က) ခပ်တန်းတန်းဖြစ်သော။
He seems distant until you get to know him. အကြောင်း မသိခင်ကတော့ ခပ်တန်းတန်းပဲ။
(ခ) စိတ်လွင့်ပါးနေသော။ အခြားသို့ စိတ်ရောက်နေသော။
She had a distant look in her eyes and obviously wasn't listening. distantly adv : We're distantly related. ❍ She smiled distantly (at us). ❍ Somewhere, distantly, he could hear the sound of the sea.

More examples
  • Her eyes scanned the distant hills.
  • I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic.
  • The castle was four miles distant.
  • The elections are still five weeks distant.
  • [in the distant past/future] : One day, in the distant future, I might go and live abroad.
  • [in the not too distant future] : I expect to return in the not too distant future.
  • [a distant memory] : That lovely summer in Majorca already felt like a distant memory.
  • Violet was cold and distant.
  • He nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes.
  • A distant relative/cousin
Synonyms
far-away, remote, far-off, far-flung, outlying, far, isolated, secluded, a piece, abroad, abstracted, afar, aloof, apart, arm's length, arrogant, as well as, asunder, at a distance, away, backwoods, beyond range, by itself, ceremonious, cold, cool, detached, faint, far afield, far away, far back, far off, far remote, faraway, farther, formal, from here, further, haughty, hazy, in addition, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, inaccessible, indirect, indistinct, insociable, laid back, middle of nowhere, modest, not home, not present, obscure, offish, on ice, on top of, out of, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, over and above, proud, put on airs, removed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retired, retiring, secret, separate, sequestered, shy, skyline, solitary, standoff, standoffish, stiff, stuck-up, telescopic, to boot, to itself, to one side, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unconcerned, unfriendly, unsociable, uppity, vague, ways, what's more, wide of, withdrawn, yon, yonder
Antonyms
about, adjacent, any minute now, approachable, as concerns, as respects, before long, by and by, clear, close, coming down the pike, ere long, expeditiously, fleetly, friendly, in a little while, in a minute, in a second, in a short time, in connection with, in due time, in general, in neighborhood, in relation to, in respect to, in short order, in the ball park, in the neighborhood, in time, kind, lickety split, mingling, near, nearby, neighboring, pretty nearly, public, referring to, relative to, soon, sympathetic, touching on, warm
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