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).

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9 withdrawn.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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OTHER WORDS FROM remote

re·mote·ly, adverb re·mote·ness, noun un·re·mote, adjective un·re·mote·ly, adverb

un·re·mote·ness, noun

Words nearby remote

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

Example sentences from the Web for remotely

This may be the case—but it is not remotely plausible evidence that this attack was therefore orchestrated by North Korea.

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I am not remotely embarrassed to relate he weighed just 9lb.

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America was different; the disease of HIV is not remotely the same.

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If your movie is remotely good you can probably get someone to give you money for it.

Zach Braff’s Irritating Sense of Entitlement |Andrew Romano |July 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This Judge Hayes did not remotely do—and not for the first time.

The Supreme Court Must Right the Wrong Done to Billy Wayne Cope |Andrew Cohen |June 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Their value depends less on what they directly represent than on what they remotely suggest.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII |John Lord
But these things came to his ears more vaguely and remotely, and at last they faded away.

Confidence |Henry James
Do you think these things tend, either immediately or remotely, to promote the glory of God?

The Power of Faith |Isabella Graham
Sometimes he thought of Winnebago, recalling it remotely, dimly, as one is occasionally conscious of a former unknown existence.

Gigolo |Edna Ferber
That he, too, should grow warm had not remotely occurred to her.

The Pastor's Wife |Elizabeth von Arnim

British Dictionary definitions for remotely

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 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

Derived forms of remote

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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adjective, re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

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