El when something you can see or hear is far away
in the distance in (V> distons/ if you can see or hear something in the distance, it is a long way from where you are. so it looks small or does not sound loud: In the distance, he could see the tall chimneys of the factory. I There was the sound of church bells in the distance
distant 'distant [adj only before noun very far away, so that it looks small or sounds quiet: distant thunder I By now. the plane was just a distant speck in the sky.
Use distant when you are writing
stories or descriptions.
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on tke Horizon on йэ haraiz^n at the
place far away where the land or sea seems to meet the sky: Another ship appeared on the horizon.
from a distance /fram э disuns' from
a place that is a long way away: From a distance, we could hear the faint sound of drums beating. I Until then I had only seen the castle from о distance.
far away from other places
distant/far-off , distant, 'fair of/ [adj only before noun] a distant or far-off town or country is far away from where you are: The travellers told us stories about distant lands. I Many years ago, in a far-off city, there lived a tuise old man.
Use distant and far-off when you are writing stories or descriptions.
remote /ri'maot/ [adjl remote places are
far away from other places or people, and very few people go there: They moved to a remote farmhouse in North Wales. I The helicopter crashed in a remote desert area.
in the middle of nowhere /in йэ
,midl sv nauwеэг/ informal in a lonely place a long way from towns or villages, where you do not expect to find any houses: Amazingly, we found a really nice motel in the middle of nowhere.
how far
how far hao fa:r/ use this to ask what the distance is between where you are and another place: "How far is it to Newark9" "It's about 200 miles." I God knows
how far it is to the next gas station.
from /fram; strong from (tram; strong 1глт. frcnn. [preposition] if one place is 10 kilometres/30 miles/20 minutes etc from another place, that is the distance between the two places, or the time it takes to get from one to the other: Seattle is about 100 miles from the Canadian border. I The junior high school is five minutes from our house. I She u>as standing just a couple of metres from the edge of the
cliff
away 3'wei [adu] if a place or person is 10 kilometres/30 miles/20 minutes etc away, they are that distance from where you are, or it takes that amount of time to travel there: The nearest viIlage was about 20 miles away. I Toronto's only about an hour and a half away by car.
distance distons [n C/U] how far it is from one place to another distance from sth to sth What is the distance from Freeport to Miami? the distance between sth and sth Measure the distance between the window and the door.
FASHIONABLE/ UNFASHIONABLE
see also clothes, music
fashionable
269 FASHIONABLE/UNFASHIONABLE
/ashionabie ;,faeJ>naM [adj] clothes or styles that are fashionable are popular at the present time, but will probably only be popular for a short time: The store sells fashionable clothes at prices you can afford. I a style of painting that was fashionable in the 1930s fashionable restaurant/school/resort etc (=a place that a lot of people want to go to, especially rich people, because it is fashionable) a fashionable skiing resort
trendy /trendi [adi) very fashionable and exciting - use this about things people do, places they go etc in order to show how modern and fashionable they are: a trendy street market in the centre of Paris I Parents and teachers are worried that some drugs are considered very
trendy among teenagers. trendy - trendier - trendiest
stylish 'stailij [adj] well designed, and attractive in a fashionable way: She was wearing a stylish black woollen dress. I stylish modern furniture
designer /di'zain3r/ [adj only before noun] designer jeans/watch/label/clothing
etc use this about clothes, watches etc that are made by a well-known and fashionable designer and are usually very expensive: She was wearing a designer dress.
fashionable people
/ashionable f;ef,?nr>b,?[ [adj] someone who is fashionable wears fashionable clothes, has fashionable things, and goes to fashionable places: the style of hat worn by fashionable women in Milan
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trendy j'trendi, (adjj informal someone who is trendy likes to show how fashionable and modern they are by the way they behave, dress, and decorate their home: a trendy young photographer from Santa Monica 1 She only talks like that because she wants to sound trendy. trendy - trendier - trendiest
Trendy is sometimes used in а negative way about people and their ideas, when you want to say that they are too easily influenced by the most modern ideas and methods: The school's bad exam results are being blamed on trendy teaching methods.
sophisticated /ss'fistJJceiUd/ [adjl someone who is sophisticated knows a lot about fashionable things and feels confident about being with fashionable people: a sophisticated woman whose friends included many rich and famous people I a play that will appeal to a sophisticated audience