Vocabulary
Distant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
far away in space or time.
Urdu meaning
دور کی بات، سرد مہر، فاصلے پر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Distant relatives threatened to kill her in the name of karo kari unless she broke off her engagement and agreed to marry an older, already married man with children.
- The location of housing schemes can now be more distant from city centres because of motorbike outreach.
- Saudi Arabia has made any move towards the Abraham Accords conditional on a two-state solution and remained relatively distant from Israel, but even Riyadh would look at an attack on a fellow GCC member with alarm.
- So long as the belligerent state acts unchecked, no country, however distant, is immune.
- Fifth, people may be more willing to pay taxes when collected by their local representatives instead of distant central authorities, as they would directly observe the benefits.
Synonyms
faraway, far off, far, remote, out of the way, outlying, abroad, far-flung,
Curator example
“distant parts of the world”
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