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I . dis·tance [ˈdɪstən(t)s] N

1. distance (route):

distance
razdalja f
to close [up] the distance [to sth]
zmanjšati razdaljo [do česa]

2. distance (linear measure):

distance
oddaljenost f
within driving/walking distance
dosegljiv z avtom/peš
within shouting distance
tako blizu, da te lahko sliši

3. distance no pl (remoteness):

distance
daljava f
they sped off into the distance
odhiteli so v daljavo
from [or at] a distance
od daleč

4. distance fig (aloofness):

distance
distanca f
to keep one's distance
ostati hladen/na distanci
to keep one's distance from sb/sth
ne vmešavati se v koga/kaj

II . dis·tance [ˈdɪstən(t)s] VB trans to distance oneself

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distance
distancirati se

ˈbrak·ing dis·tance N

braking distance
zavorna pot f

I . long-ˈdis·tance ADJ attr

II . long-ˈdis·tance ADV

distance learning SCHOOL
učenje na daljavo nt

Usage examples with distance

short distance
blizu
to keep one's distance
ostati hladen/na distanci
from [or at] a distance
od daleč
in the far distance
v daljavi
within driving/walking distance
dosegljiv z avtom/peš
within shouting distance
tako blizu, da te lahko sliši
to travel long-distance
potovati daleč [or dolgo]
to telephone long-distance
opraviti medkrajevni klic
to phone long-distance
telefonirati iz tujine [or medkrajevno]
long-distance flight
let na dolgi progi
long-distance relationship
zveza na daljavo
long-distance race
tek na dolge proge
to be within walking distance
kamor se lahko pride peš
to log [up] a distance
prevoziti razdaljo
(close) within striking distance [of sth]
v neposredni bližini [česa]
to recede into the distance
oddaljevati se
to peer into the distance
strmeti v daljavo
far away in the distance
v daljavi
at a distance of 50 metres
50 metrov stran

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He stressed that the rhumb line distance is an acceptable approximation for true great circle distance for courses of short or moderate distance, particularly at lower latitudes.
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When those units retired a short distance to re-form, they found only four men of these companies unharmed.
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A line of palisades, twelve feet high, at the distance of thirty feet, inclosed the whole, and descended to the river.
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Given the remnant's angular size of 70 arcminutes on the sky, at this distance it has a physical diameter of.
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When a reader becomes fully engrossed in the illusory narrative world of a book, the author has achieved a close aesthetic distance.
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At this distance the brightness of the star is diminished by 0.18 in magnitude because of extinction from interstellar gas and dust.
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Hurdle races always have a minimum of eight hurdles and a minimum distance of two miles (3 km).
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A comfortable long-distance drive and nippy in traffic.
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Touches of realism in the down-to-earth figures and detailed vegetation of the foreground contrast with the idyllic golden distance.
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Regardless, the evolutionary distance within some species is so large that cryptic speciation rather than (or in addition to) interbreeding seems to be the cause.
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