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Distance

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

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Altitude 76% connected

Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one obj…

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Closeness 76% connected

The state of being close.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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Farness 76% connected

The state of being far off; distance; remoteness.

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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Hour 76% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Leap 76% connected

A basket.

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Leg 76% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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Milage 76% connected

Same as Mileage.

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Mileage 76% connected

An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.

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Minute 76% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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Nearness 76% connected

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Span 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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wavelength 76% connected

The length of one complete wave cycle.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Indifference 76% connected

The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; i…

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Maintain 76% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Size 76% connected

Six.

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Aloofness 74% connected

State of being aloof.

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Aloofness 74% connected

State of being aloof.

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Distant 74% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Distant 74% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Close 66% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close 66% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Distant 66% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Distant 66% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Far 66% connected

A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

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Far 66% connected

A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

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Near 66% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Near 66% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Nigh 66% connected

Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

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Nigh 66% connected

Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

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Synonym 4

Aloofness 92% connected

State of being aloof.

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Length 92% connected

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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Outstrip 92% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

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Space 92% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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