Word: distance
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dis
tance
Definition: The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
Morphemes:
Affix: distance
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: distāns
Language: la
Decoded: distans
PoS: Participle
Meaning: being distant
Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.