[
  {
    "word": "distance",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8d\u026as.t\u0259ns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8d\u026as.t\u0259ns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/distance-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=856972",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "From Moscow, the distance is relatively short to Saint Petersburg, relatively long to Novosibirsk, but even greater to Vladivostok."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Length or interval of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.\u2003 The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Remoteness of place; a remote place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Remoteness in succession or relation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the distance between a descendant and his ancestor"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The entire amount of progress to an objective.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "farness"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To move away (from) someone or something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distance"
    ]
  }
]