distance

«distance» in Mova's school dictionary: how far it is from one place to another — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (distance, distances)

meaning for a pupil

1) Distance is how far it is from one place to another. tree →

2) «In the distance» means far away. tree →

3) To keep your distance is to stay away. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a length between places or travelled; distance = speed × time; distance around a shape is the perimeter; maps and scales; science: the distance from Earth to the Sun, light-years; PE: long-distance running; safety: keep a safe distance from roads, fires and wild animals

examples

• The distance from home to school is 2 km. tree →
• What distance does the car travel in 3 hours at 50 km an hour? tree →
• She ran a distance of 400 meters. tree →
• Find the distance around the field. tree →
• We saw mountains in the distance. tree →
• Keep your distance from the campfire. tree →
• The Moon is a long distance from Earth. tree →
• Measure the distance on the map with a ruler. tree →
• Still it was a great distance. tree →

note

Asks for a length; with speed and time: distance = speed × time. Trap: a round trip is twice the one-way distance.

In the corpora

• Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 aged 99, and the Queen sat alone at his funeral because of Covid distancing rules.
• Overworking means adding too much until the picture gets muddy; painters step back and look from a distance.
• A galloping racehorse can reach about 70 kilometres an hour over a short distance.
• These words put distance between people and what is really done, which is why it matters to know what they mean.
• Alligators can lunge very fast over a short distance, in the water and on land.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «distance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.