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View synonyms for long distance

long distance

1

noun

  1. telephone service between distant places.


long-distance

2

[ lawng-dis-tuhns, long- ]

adjective

  1. of, from, or between distant places:

    a long-distance phone call.

  2. for, over, or covering long distances:

    a long-distance runner.

adverb

  1. by long-distance telephone:

    to call someone long-distance.

long-distance

noun

  1. modifier covering relatively long distances

    a long-distance driver

  2. modifier (of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart
  3. a long-distance telephone call
  4. a long-distance telephone system or its operator


adverb

  1. 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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Example Sentences

I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.

He was smart and tough in the way of the hard worker, the long-distance runner, the gambler who wins on stamina.

At the time, she was also in a long-distance relationship with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Many of the dead were killed by long-distance sniper rounds.

It deals with a long distance relationship from Detroit to Tangier.

It was a long distance away, far as his eyes could see, and it appeared like a dark cloud near the earth.

They were returning from their pursuit of the scouting party and were strung out a long distance along the road.

It was one of those evenings when everything is quiet and sound travels a long distance.

He stuffed them all into the pocket of his overcoat, and went out and hunted up a long-distance telephone sign.

At the same time I heard that long-distance telephone connections with Berlin had been reopened.

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