distance

(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Length or interval of time.

(countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Remoteness in succession or relation.

A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

(uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.

(uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

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.