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See more synonyms for remote on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
Origin of remote 1375–1425; late Middle English <
Latin remōtus, past participle of
removēre to move back; see
remove ,
motion Related forms re·mote·ly , adverb re·mote·ness , noun un·re·mote , adjective un·re·mote·ly , adverb un·re·mote·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for remoteness aloofness ,
breadth ,
separation ,
purview ,
sweep ,
radius ,
size ,
ambit ,
span ,
space ,
stretch ,
sky ,
width ,
absence ,
spread ,
way ,
objective ,
scope ,
purlieu ,
amplitude Examples from the Web for remoteness Contemporary Examples of remoteness The remoteness of the area has been both its curse and its blessing throughout history.
The more monolithic bureaucracies became, Gowers felt, the more they reinforced their remoteness by using impenetrable language.
The remoteness , the coolness, the lecturing style is now a liability.
But I think there's another factor at play in the psychology of drones: their remoteness .
Historical Examples of remoteness All others, so far as she was concerned, existed only on the sufferance of remoteness .
I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.
There was, indeed, a certain charm in our remoteness from the outer world.
He is here framing an ideal, without realising its remoteness .
The remoteness of the situation gave the very boldness of his plan feasibility.
British Dictionary definitions for remoteness located far away; distant far from any centre of population, society, or civilization; out-of-the-way distant in time distantly related or connected a 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-controlled a remote monitor Show More
Derived Forms remotely , adverb remoteness , 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 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.
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