distant /ˈdɪstənt/adjective 3forms 3phrases 1 adjective3 •a long way off, in place, in time or in how closely things are connectedWe heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me. •Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […] — 1973 •Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me. formsdistants · more distant · most distant Phrases with distant dim and distantOf a very long time ago, so as to be almost forgotten.
