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Long-distance

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Adjective

1. long-distance

of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call

Example Sentences:
'a long-distance call'
'a long-distance transmission line'
'a long-distance operator'

2. long-distance

covering a long distance

Example Sentences:
'a long-distance runner'
'a long-distance freight train'
'she ran off with a long-distance truck driver'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Long-distance

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noun
1. (modifier)
covering relatively long distances
a long-distance driver
2. (modifier)
(of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart
3. mainly US and Canadian
a long-distance telephone call
4. 
a long-distance telephone system or its operator
adverb
5. 
by a long-distance telephone line
he phoned long-distance

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Long-distance

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a long-distance telephone service
adjective
1. 
to or from a distant place or places
long-distance telephone calls
2. 
that covers a long distance
a long-distance runner
adverb
3. 
by long-distance telephone service

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Long-distance

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adj.
1. Covering a long distance: a long-distance runner; operating under long-distance supervision.
2. Of, relating to, or being telephone communication to a distant station: a long-distance call.

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