1 | noun | the property created by the space between two objects or points 2 | noun | a distant region 3 | noun | size of the gap between two places 4 | noun | indifference by personal withdrawal 5 | noun | the interval between two times 6 | noun | a remote point in time 7 | verb | keep at a distance 8 | verb | go far ahead of (8 meanings)

d'istuhns (IPA: dˈɪstəns)

dis-tance (8 letters | 2 syllables)

1290 (High Middle ages) (736 years ago)

Old French | Latin

written: 1513th most common (1 in 14286 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 1546th most common (1 in 27027 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

distances | distanced | distancing

length | aloofness | space | outdistance | outstrip (total: 5)

approach

closeness | elevation | farawayness | farness | focal distance | focal length | hour | hour angle | hyperfocal distance | interval | leap | mean distance | milage | mileage | minute | ... (total: 33)

spacing | spatial arrangement | part | region | size | indifference | interval | time interval | point | point in time | hold | keep | maintain | leave behind (total: 14)

assistance | coexistence | consistence | existence | insistence | persistence | resistance | subsistence (total: 8) (based on typical American pronunciation)

distaste | distinct | instance | pittance

(none among common words)

angular distance | distance vision | keep one's distance | long-distance | long distance | long-distance call | long-distance runner | middle distance (total: 8)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Striking Distance | Going the Distance | Going the Distance | Going the Distance | Distance (total: 6)

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Outdo (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)