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Distance Definition–noun | 1. | the extent or amount of space be
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| 2. | the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. |
| 3. | a linear extent of space: Seven miles is a distance too great to walk in an hour. |
| 4. | an expanse; area: A vast distance of water surrounded the ship. |
| 5. | the interval between two points of time; an extent of time: His vacation period was a good distance away. |
| 6. | remoteness or difference in an
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y respect: Our philosophies are a long distance apart. |
| 7. | an amount of progress: We've come a long distance on the project. |
| 8. | a distant point, place, or region. |
| 9. | the distant part of a field of view: a tree in the distance. |
| 10. | absence of warmth; reserve: Their first meeting in several years was hampered by a certain distance between them. |
| 13. | Horse Racing. (in a heat race) the space measured back from the winning post that a horse must reach by the time the winner passes the winning post or be eliminated from subsequent heats. |
| 14. | Mathematics. the greatest lower bound of differences between points, one from each of two given sets. |
| 15. | Obsolete. disagreement or dissension; a quarrel. |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | to leave behind at a distance, as at a race; surpass. |
| 17. | to place at a distance. |
| 18. | to cause to appear distant. |
—Idioms| 19. | go the distance, | a. | (in horse racing) to be able to run well in a long race. |
| b. | Informal. to finish or complete something, esp. something difficult, challenging, or requiring sustained effort. |
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| 20. | keep at a distance, to treat coldly or in an unfriendly manner. |
| 21. | keep one's distance, to avoid becoming familiar or involved; remain cool or aloof. |
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Learning Definition–noun | 1. | knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application. |
| 2. | the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill. |
| 3. | Psychology. the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience. |
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School Definition–noun | 1. | an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age: The children are at school. | |
| 2. | an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field. |
| 3. | a college or university. |
| 4. | a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction: summer school. |
| 5. | a session of such a course: no school today; to be kept after school. |
| 6. | the activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young: As a child, I never liked school. |
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| 7. | one's formal education: They plan to be married when he finishes school. |
| 8. | a building housing a school. |
| 9. | the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution: The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium. |
| 10. | a building, room, etc., in a university, set apart for the use of one of the faculties or for some particular purpose: the school of agriculture. |
| 11. | a particular faculty or department of a university having the right to recommend candidates for degrees, and usually beginning its program of instruction after the student has completed general education: medical school. |
| 12. | any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything. |
| 13. | the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.: the Platonic school of philosophy. |
| 14. | Art. | a. | a group of artists, as painters, wri
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ters, or musicians, whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence: the modern school; the Florentine school. |
| b. | the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity: the French school. |
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| 15. | any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs. |
| 16. | Military, Navy. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad), or the
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like. |
| 17. | Australian and New Zealand Informal. a group of people gathered together, esp. for gambling or drinking. |
| 18. | schools, Archaic. the faculties of a university. |
| 19. | Obsolete. the schoolmen in a medieval university. |
–adjective | 20. | of or connected with a school or schools. |
| 21. | Obsolete. of the schoolmen. |
–verb (used with object) | 22. | to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train. |
| 23. | Archaic. to reprimand. |
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