Distance

What “Distance” means

Noun

1. An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
2. An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
3. Chiefly in from a distance: a place which is far away or remote; specifically (especially painting), a more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground.
4. Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.
5. An interval or length of time between events.

Verb

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. To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
5. To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English distance, distaunce, destance (“disagreement, dispute; discrimination; armed conflict; hostility; trouble; space between two points; time interval”), from Anglo-Norman distance, distaunce, destance, Middle French distance, and Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”) (modern French distance), and directly from their etymon Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”) (whence also Late Latin distantia (“disagreement; discrepancy; gap, opening; time interval”)), from distāns (“being distant; standing apart”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Distāns is the present active participle of distō (“to be distant; to stand apart; to differ”), from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder; in two’) + stō (“to stand”) (ul

Business name ideas with “Distance”

Industries where “Distance” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
• General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload