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distant
nouns
the distant past/future
(= a long time in the past/future )
• It is a fictional story set in the distant past. • In the distant future, there may be a cure for the disease.
a distant memory
(= something that happened a long time ago )
• Already the summer seemed like a distant memory.
distant mountains/hills
• From here, you can look out to the distant hills.
a distant planet/galaxy/star
• They saw telescope images of the distant planet Neptune.
a distant sound
• Sometimes you can hear the distant sound of traffic from the main road.
distant thunder
• Distant thunder rumbled over the mountains.
distant places
• She loved the wild, distant places of Scotland.
a distant land
literary (= a country that is a long way away )
• He fled to a distant land.
phrases
in the dim and distant past
humorous (= a long time ago )
• Back in the dim and distant past when I was at school, computers didn’t exist.
in the not too distant future
(= quite soon )
• We’re expecting a final decision in the not too distant future.
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adj. far away in space VERBS be, sound | become, grow The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant. ADV. far (literary), very in far distant lands | increasingly | unimaginably It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant. | geographically geographically distant areas of the world PREP. from The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun. far away in time VERBS be ADV. very | increasingly | fairly, not too in the not too distant future PHRASES the dim and distant past stories from the dim and distant past not friendly/not paying attention VERBS be, seem | become | remain | find sb ADV. very | rather, slightly | strangely Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary