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.

(of an electronic device or technical process) operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote camera.

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

slight or faint; unlikely: The committee doesn't have the remotest idea of how to address the basic issue.So with two games remaining, we actually have a remote chance of making the play-offs.

noting or relating to an employee who works mainly from home rather than in an office: the supervision of remote workers.

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

distant in time: remote antiquity.

distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor.

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

noun

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

remote control (def. 2).

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2 sequestered, isolated, removed, apart; solitary.

5 doubtful.

10 reticent, retiring, withdrawn.

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ANTONYMS FOR remote

1 close, near.

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Origin of remote

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin remōtus, past participle of removēre “to move back”; see remove, motion

OTHER WORDS FROM remote

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

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Example sentences from the Web for remote

The religious right also has no leaders anymore of the remotest interest.
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I met former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates twice, both times in the remotest reaches of Afghanistan.
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Many of the basic cable channels with even the remotest semblance of a news presence.
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Strom Thurmond today seems a figure out of the remotest historical past.
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Or advanced any proposal or policy that might in even the remotest way have helped a financial contributor.
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The ground had belonged to his family from the remotest generations, and his house was large and magnificent.
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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.
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All that we know is that they existed from the remotest period of which we have cognizance, long before the pyramids were built.
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She has had nothing even in the remotest to do with the crime.
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British Dictionary definitions for remote

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 of remote

remotely, adverbremoteness, noun

Word Origin for remote

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

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