Distant | Mean of distant in English Dictionary

/ˈdɪstənt/

• existing or happening far away in space
1. astronomers studying distant galaxies
2. They visited all sorts of distant [=far-off] places.
3. He finished the race a distant second. [=he was the second person to finish the race but he was far behind the winner]
4. The town is about 30 miles distant. [=(more commonly) away]
• far away in time
1. In the distant past, dinosaurs roamed the earth.
2. The day I left home is now a distant memory.
3. the distant future
4. We're expecting major changes in the not too distant future. [=soon]
• having to do with something that is not related to what is happening where you are or at the present time
1. His mind drifted to distant thoughts.
2. I remember when the restaurant's opening was nothing more than a distant possibility.
3. She has a distant look in her eye. [=the look on her face shows that she is thinking about something that is not related to what is happening now]

• not friendly or showing emotion
1. People did not like her distant manner.
2. He was cold and distant.
• not like someone or something else
1. The values of that time seem very distant [=different] from our own.
• a time that is so far in the past it is difficult to remember
1. I remember the dim and distant past when the town was much smaller.