enormous distance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormousanddistance
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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distance
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.təns/us/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofenormousanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have to travel anenormousdistance, as everyone knows, before we get truly level competition.
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Take a small two-seater doing theenormousdistanceof 18,000 miles a year.
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That does not go very far in pensions, but it might go anenormousdistancein recreation clubs, specialized buildings, and things of that sort.
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We have come anenormousdistancein recent years.
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These fishermen, for social reasons, do not sleep at home, owing to theenormousdistancethey have to travel.
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Twenty-two miles is anenormousdistancein this context.
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The tribe unbind him, and upon jumping he leaps anenormousdistanceinto the air.
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Because of theenormousdistanceinvolved, and the relatively slow speed it could attain, it would be the descendants of the original passengers who would arrive.
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They work on small boats, which usually have skipper-owners, and they do not travel enormous distances.
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They are conscious of the many elderly people who have had to struggle up many staircases for enormous distances.
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Is it not the fact that contracts are being fixed with firms enormous distances away from the site of the works?
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They give up time and travel enormous distances to attend these regular meetings.
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However, there are places where population is thinly spread and there are enormous distances between test stations.
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Only a hundred years ago it was found possible to increase the transmission to enormous distances by the use of wires—by the telephone and telegraph.
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The enormous distances and the radio jamming make radio propaganda extremely difficult.
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These vast supplies of our staple food are brought to us from all parts of the world, over, in many cases, enormous distances.
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Many of them have homes and constituencies in the north and have to travel enormous distances.
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There are many different railways and different users hiring trains or using railways over enormous distances.
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We want to cut out the enormous distances travelled.
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Out of consideration for the welfare of the animals, it is unacceptable that transport should take place in poorly equipped lorries over enormous distances.
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