remote

[ ri-moht ]

/ rɪˈmoʊt /

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adjective, re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.

out-of-the-way; secluded: a remote village; a remote mountaintop.

distant in time: remote antiquity.

distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor.

operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote telephone answering machine.

far off; abstracted; removed: principles remote from actions.

not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential: the remote causes of the war.

slight or faint; unlikely: not the remotest idea; a remote chance.

reserved and distant in manner; aloof; not warmly cordial.

noun

Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.

remote control(def 2).

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Origin of remote

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin remōtus, past participle of removēre to move back; see remove, motion

SYNONYMS FOR remote

2 sequestered, isolated, removed, apart, solitary.

8 inconsiderable.

9 withdrawn.

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ANTONYMS FOR remote

1 close, near.

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Related forms

re·mote·ly, adverbre·mote·ness, nounun·re·mote, adjectiveun·re·mote·ly, adverb

un·re·mote·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for remoteness

The remoteness of the area has been both its curse and its blessing throughout history.
Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again|Nina Strochlic|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more monolithic bureaucracies became, Gowers felt, the more they reinforced their remoteness by using impenetrable language.
Will Jargon Be the Death of the English Language?|The Telegraph|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The remoteness, the coolness, the lecturing style is now a liability.
A Devastating Presidential Parody|Howard Kurtz|October 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But I think there's another factor at play in the psychology of drones: their remoteness.
Daniel Klaidman on the Mind of a Drone Strike Operator|Daniel Klaidman|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Yet as the days passed, he became more interested in her, influenced by her nearness to him, and still more by her remoteness.
The Mountain Girl|Payne Erskine
There is no place in our domain to-day which fairly may be compared to it for isolation and remoteness.
Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier|Frank H. Severance
All rates were blanketed, regardless of remoteness from the eastern seaports.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
Medora bitterly resented this fling at the remoteness of their poor home.
Who Crosses Storm Mountain?|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
(a) Insular continents, whose primitive and modern development are marked by remoteness.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple

British Dictionary definitions for remoteness

remote

/ (rɪˈməʊt) /

adjective

located far away; distant

far from any centre of population, society, or civilization; out-of-the-way

distant in time

distantly related or connecteda remote cousin

removed, as from the source or point of action

slight or faint (esp in the phrases not the remotest idea, a remote chance)

(of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted

operated from a distance; remote-controlleda remote monitor

Derived Formsremotely, adverbremoteness, noun

Word Origin for remote

C15: from Latin remōtus far removed, from removēre, from re- + movēre to move

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Word Origin and History for remoteness

remote

adj.

mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.

remote

adjective, re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

noun

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