distanced
- 1Simple past and past participle of distance.
The company distanced itself from the controversial remarks within hours.
He had distanced himself from his family for years before the reunion.
Note
The form behind two different moves: pulling away and pulling ahead. With itself or himself and from, it means keeping clear of someone or something one does not want to be associated with (she distanced herself from the campaign). Without from, it is the racer's verb: a runner who distanced the field outpaced it, and a rival who distanced his peers outdid them. The perfect takes have; the passive takes be.
distanced is a form of distance
distance, verb: To keep yourself apart from a person, group or thing, emotionally or socially, or to show that you are not connected with it. Full entry
- Forms
- distancedistances he/she/itdistancing -ing formdistanced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- distance → distanced: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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