Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/June 26

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Word of the day
for June 26
distance v
  1. (transitive)
    1. Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
    2. To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
    3. To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
    4. (figurative)
      1. To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
      2. To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
      3. (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
    5. (chiefly US, horse racing, archaic) Of a racehorse: to beat (another horse) by a certain distance; also (passive voice), to cause (a horse) to be disqualified by beating it by a certain distance.
    6. (obsolete)
      1. To cover the entire distance to (something).
      2. To depart from (a place); to leave (a place) behind.
      3. To indicate or measure the distance to (a place).
      4. To set (two or more things) at regular distances from each other; to space, to space out.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) Often followed by from.
    1. To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
    2. (figurative) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.
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