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remote

[ ri-moht ]
/ rɪˈmoʊt /
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adjective, re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

noun

Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
remote control(def 2).

RELATED WORDS

secluded, far-flung, unknown, inaccessible, isolated, private, outlying, faraway, lonely, distant, lonesome, far-off, obscure, farfetched, small, poor, slim, icy, backwoods, boondocks

Nearby words

  1. remorse,
  2. remorseful,
  3. remorsefully,
  4. remorseless,
  5. remortgage,
  6. remote access,
  7. remote control,
  8. remote sensing,
  9. remote sensor,
  10. remotely

Origin of remote

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

remote

/ (rɪˈməʊt) /

adjective

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 remotest

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.

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