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LONG-DISTANCE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covering a long distance
Example:
she ran off with a long-distance truck driver
Classified under:
Similar:
distant (separated in space or coming from or going to a distance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
Example:
a long-distance operator
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
long distance (a telephone call made outside the local calling area)
Context examples:
Jupiter, as said, is in your ninth house where all the biggest and most dazzling opportunities will emanate for you through 2020, but will be particularly strong in December and January. (Your ninth house covers long-distance travel, immigration matters, publishing, broadcasting, academia, and all legal matters.)
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
