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long distance

noun

telephone service between distant places.

long-distance

[ lawng-dis-tuhns, long- ]

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adjective

of, from, or between distant places:
a long-distance phone call.
for, over, or covering long distances:
a long-distance runner.

adverb

by long-distance telephone:
to call someone long-distance.

long-distance

noun

modifier covering relatively long distances
a long-distance driver
modifier (of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart
a long-distance telephone call
a long-distance telephone system or its operator

adverb

by a long-distance telephone line
he phoned long-distance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of long distance¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Origin of long distance²

First recorded in 1880–85

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Fence lizards, unlike birds or large mammals, can’t travel long distances to more suitable habitat; they tend to live in the same place.

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"It is long distance because he's in America right now with his son. So it's really difficult... I don't know where it's going to go, basically," she says.

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Elephants can speak to each other using infrasonic rumbles — sounds that humans are incapable of hearing — that travel long distances and warn other nearby elephants of potential danger.

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“I had to inquire, talk, get some good people to take me around. At that time, there were no mobile phones, no transport, no mobility. I needed to walk for long distances.”

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There are not many better sights in football than watching a dead ball fly into the back of the net from a long distance.

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Longden long division

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