- telephone service between distant places.
- of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- for, over, or covering long distances: a long-distance runner.
- by long-distance telephone: to call someone long-distance.
- covering relatively long distances
- (of telephone calls, lines, etc) connecting points a relatively long way apart
- a long-distance telephone call
- a long-distance telephone system or its operator
- by a long-distance telephone line
