Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section II. Dimensions
1. General Dimensions
196. Distance.
NOUN:
DISTANCE; space [See Space]; remoteness, farness; far cry to; longinquity [rare], elongation; easting, westing, drift, offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride.
outpost, outskirt; horizon, sky line; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima Thule [L.], ne plus ultra [L.], antipodes; jumping-off place [colloq.], long range, giant’s stride.
DISPERSION [See Nonassemblage. Dispersion].
VERB:
BE DISTANT &c. adj.; extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to; range, outreach, outlie [rare].
remain at a distance; keep -, stand- -away, - off, - aloof, - clear of.
FAR OFF, far away; afar, -off; off; away; a -long, - great, - good- way off; wide away, beyond range, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of -the way, - reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer [F.], over the border, far and wide, “over the hills and far away” [Gay]; from pole to pole &c. (over great space) [See Space]; to the -uttermost parts, - ends- of the earth; out of range, out of hearing, nobody knows where, à perte de vue [F.], out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to.
APART, asunder; wide apart, wide asunder; longo intervallo [L.]; at arm’s length.
QUOTATIONS:
Distance lends enchantment.—Campbell
Across the hills and far away Beyond their utmost purple rim.—Tennyson
