Definition of 'remote'

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remote

(rɪmoʊt )

Word forms: comparative remoter , superlative remotest

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to.

Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.

...a remote farm in the Yorkshire dales.

Synonyms: distant, far, isolated, lonely More Synonyms of remote

remoteness uncountable noun

...the remoteness of the island.

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present.

Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.

3. adjective

If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different.

This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people. [+ from]

Teenagers are forced to study subjects that seem remote from their daily lives.

Synonyms: irrelevant, foreign, outside, removed More Synonyms of remote

remoteness uncountable noun

...the remoteness of the officers from their men.

4. adjective

If you say that there is a remote possibility or chance that something will happen, you are emphasizing that there is only a very small chance that it will happen.

[emphasis]

I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun.

The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.

Synonyms: slight, small, outside, poor More Synonyms of remote

5. adjective

If you describe someone as remote, you mean that they behave as if they do not want to be friendly or closely involved with other people.

She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.

remoteness uncountable noun

His remoteness was resented.

6. adjective

Remote working or learning is done from home or from somewhere away from the usual place, especially using a computer connected to the internet.

Remote working may also help retain or employ higher calibre staff who do not live close to the office.

Now remote learning is much easier.

…remote workers.

7. adjective

Remote computer systems are some distance away from the main computer, but may be connected to it through a network.

The emails are held on a remote computer.

More Synonyms of remote

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remote

remote in British English

(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

remotely (reˈmotely)

adverb

remoteness (reˈmoteness)

noun

Word origin

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

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remote in American English

(rɪˈmoʊt )

adjectiveWord forms: reˈmoter or reˈmotest

distant in space; far off; far away

far off and hidden away; secluded

far off in (past or future) time

a remote ancestor

distant in connection, relation, bearing, or the like

a question remote from the subject

distantly related by blood or marriage

a remote cousin

distant in human relations; aloof

remote and cold in his manner

slight; faint

a remote chance

not immediate or primary; far removed in influence

the remote causes

9. Computing

of or by means of a terminal, etc. located some distance away from the computer and therefore requiring a communication line

noun

10. Radio and Television

a usually live broadcast originating outside a studio

11.

remote control (sense 2)

SIMILAR WORDS: far

Derived forms

remotely (reˈmotely)

adverb

remoteness (reˈmoteness)

noun

Word origin

ME < L remotus, pp. of removere, to remove

Examples of 'remote' in a sentence
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