|The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]
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Verst
/vɜːst/
Synonyms for "verst" (4 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
distance unit
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
length measure
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
length unittraditional unit
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More general
5 entriesdistance measurelinear measurelinear unitmeasurement unitunit of length
Collocations
6 entriesdistance unithistorical verstkilometer equivalent verstverst per dayverst per hourverst unit
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.
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‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’
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You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.
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