The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Length or interval of time.

(informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Remoteness in succession or relation.

A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

(uncountable, figurative) The entire amount of progress to an objective.

(uncountable, figurative) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.

(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.

(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.

(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.