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far away in space or time

faraway

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Cases of word usage

1) (especially of lenses in spectacles) design for both distant and near vision (bifocal)

2) an instrument with lenses for both eyes, making distant objects seem nearer (binoculars)

3) more distant (far)

4) more; more distant (further)

5) (the distance travelled by) going to a place, especially by distant place (journey)

6) a powerful weapon that is sent through the air towards a distant target; any object, e.g. a stone, bottle, sent through the air as a violent attack (missile)

7) s group of very distant stars, mass of gas, seen in the night sky as a patch of light (nebula)

8) a distant settlement (outpost)

9) an apparatus that increases the ability of a camera to make distant objects larger (telephoto lens)

10) a long instrument with lenses, used to make distant objects appear nearer and larger; (to cause something) to become come shorter by having sections that slide into each other (telescope)

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