What does Remote mean?

Definitions for Remote
rɪˈmoʊtre·mote

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Remote.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. remote control, remoteadjective

    a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

    "he lost the remote for his TV"

  2. distant, remoteadjective

    located far away spatially

    "distant lands"; "remote stars"

  3. outside, remoteadjective

    very unlikely

    "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"

  4. distant, remote, removedadjective

    separate or apart in time

    "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

  5. outback(a), remoteadjective

    inaccessible and sparsely populated;

  6. distant, remoteadjective

    far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

    "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

Wiktionary

  1. remotenoun

    Short for remote control.

    I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

  2. remotenoun

    An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

  3. remoteverb

    To connect to a computer from a remote location.

  4. remoteadjective

    At a distance; disconnected.

    A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

  5. remoteadjective

    Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

    After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

  6. remoteadjective

    Unlikely.

    There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

  7. remoteadjective

    Emotionally detached.

    After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. REMOTEadjective

    Etymology: remotus, Lat.

    In this narrow scantling of capacity, it is not all remote and even apparent good that affects us. John Locke.

    Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from all bodies, it can, in this uniform idea of space, no where find any bounds. John Locke.

    In quiet shades, content with rural sports,
    Give me a life, remote from guilty courts. George Granville.

    An unadvised transiliency from the effect to the remotest cause. Joseph Glanvill.

    Syllogism serves not to furnish the mind with intermediate ideas, that shew the connection of remote ones. John Locke.

    All those propositions, how remote soever from reason, are so sacred, that men will sooner part with their lives, than suffer themselves to doubt of them. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. remote

    Remote refers to something that is located far away from the main areas or from the point of reference. It may also refer to the minimal chance of something happening. In technology, it can refer to a device designed to control another device or system from a distance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Remote

    removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands

  2. Remote

    hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses

  3. Remote

    not agreeing; alien; foreign

  4. Remote

    not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity

  5. Remote

    separate; abstracted

  6. Remote

    not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant

  7. Remote

    not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance

  8. Remote

    separated by intervals greater than usual

  9. Etymology: [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Remote

    rē-mōt′, adj. moved back to a distance in time or place: far: distant: primary, as a cause: not agreeing: not nearly related.—adv. Remote′ly.—ns. Remote′ness; Remō′tion (Shak.), act of removing: remoteness. [Remove.]

Entomology

  1. Remote

    further removed than distant.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Remote' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3388

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Remote' in Adjectives Frequency: #441

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Remote in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Remote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Remote in a Sentence

  1. Katy Tynan:

    Zoom fatigue is a real thing, our brains do get tired in a way when we're doing remote and virtual stuff that they don't when we're doing in-person things, i might allow Katy Tynan to have more meetings in the office rather than if I am at home.

  2. Mark Warner:

    A rail car might have a whole host of sensors (and) communication tools, and when that equipment is manufactured in China... and when that equipment sometimes can be upgraded on a remote basis in terms of a software upgrade, there are national security implications.

  3. Robert Redfield:

    There's no question that the public healthinterest of K-12 students is notserved by remote learning.

  4. Julio Frenk:

    First, classes will start on time Tuesday, January 18, 2022. However, we will pivot to remote instruction for the first two weeks of the spring semester, with in-person instruction resuming on January 31.

  5. The RCMP:

    I know that todays news is not what the families of the victims and the communities of northern Manitoba wanted to hear. But when searching for people in vast, remote and rugged locations, it is always a possibility that they are not immediately located.

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