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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expanse |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction, route |
| Synonyms: | access, admission, admittance, advance, alternative, approach, artery, avenue, bearing, boulevard, byway, channel, course, distance, door, drag*, elbowroom, entrance, entry, entrée, extent, forward motion, gate, gateway, headway, highway, ingress, journey, lane, length, line, march, movement, opening, orbit, passage, path, pathway, progress, progression, ride, road, room, row, space, stone's throw, street, stretch, tendency, thataway, thoroughfare, track, trail, trend, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mileage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rate |
| Synonyms: | distance, length, measure, range, space, span |
| Main Entry: | thickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | as a measurement |
| Synonyms: | breadth, depth, diameter, distance, girth, width |
| Main Entry: | outrun |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run faster than |
| Synonyms: | beat, defeat, distance, elude, exceed, surpass |
| Main Entry: | aloofness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detachment |
| Synonyms: | distance, indifference, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
| Main Entry: | metrology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measurement |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, amplitude, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, calibration, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, metage, pitch, quantification, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width |
| Main Entry: | remoteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detachment |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, brown study, coldness, coolness, disinterestedness, distance, dreaminess, impartiality, incuriosity, indifference, neutrality, nonpartisanship, objectivity, preoccupation, reverie, unconcern, woolgathering |
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| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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