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).

Nearby words

remora, remorse, remorseful, remorseless, remortgage, remote, remote access, remote control, remote sensing, remote sensor, remotion

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9 withdrawn.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 remotest

The religious right also has no leaders anymore of the remotest interest.
The Religious Right’s Slow-Motion Suicide|Michael Tomasky|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I met former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates twice, both times in the remotest reaches of Afghanistan.
The Book America Needs to Read Right Now|John Kael Weston|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of the basic cable channels with even the remotest semblance of a news presence.
The O.J. Anniversary|Michael Tomasky|June 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Strom Thurmond today seems a figure out of the remotest historical past.
David's Bookclub: Strom Thurmond's America|David Frum|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Or advanced any proposal or policy that might in even the remotest way have helped a financial contributor.
Don't Do It, Chris!|Matt Latimer|September 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The ground had belonged to his family from the remotest generations, and his house was large and magnificent.
Uarda, Complete|Georg Ebers
Whether he lost himself and fell into the sea, or whether he was an impostor and feared detection, I haven't the remotest idea.
A Crime of the Under-seas|Guy Boothby
He anticipated with ease what his enemies would do, while they never could form the remotest conception of what he meant to do.
The Story of Norway|Hjalmar H. Boyesen
All that we know is that they existed from the remotest period of which we have cognizance, long before the pyramids were built.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord
She has had nothing even in the remotest to do with the crime.
Cleek, the Master Detective|Thomas W. Hanshew

British Dictionary definitions for remotest

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 Forms

remotely, adverbremoteness, noun

Word Origin for remote

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

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remote

adjective, re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

noun

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remote

adjective

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