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♦ distant /ˈdɪstənt/a.1 distante; lontano: distant lands, terre lontane; Rome is three hundred kilometers distant, Roma dista trecento kilometri (da qui); The nearest stars are many light years distant from Earth, le stelle più vicine distano molti anni luce dalla Terra; a distant cousin, un lontano cugino; a distant sound, un suono lontano; in the distant past [future], in un lontano passato [futuro]; a distant resemblance, una lontana (o vaga) somiglianza; a distant memory, un vago ricordo2 distante, distaccato (fig.): a distant manner, modi distaccati; to be distant with sb., essere distante con q.3 assente (fig.); distratto: a distant smile, un sorriso assente; to have a distant look in one's eyes, avere uno sguardo assente● (ferr.) distant signal, segnale di preavviso di blocco □ to come a distant second [third, etc.], arrivare secondo [terzo, ecc.] con molto distacco □ to have a distant view of st., vedere qc. da lontano.
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