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1. (adj.) remote
far apart; far distant in space.
2. remote
out-of-the-way; secluded:
a remote village.
3. remote
distant in time, relationship, connection, etc.:
remote antiquity; a remote ancestor.
4. remote
far off; abstracted; removed:
principles remote from actions.
5. remote
not direct or primary; not directly involved or influential:
the remote causes of the war.
6. remote
slight or faint; unlikely:
a remote chance.
7. remote
reserved and distant in manner.
8. remote
operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control.
9. (n.) remote
a broadcast, usu. live, from outside a radio or television station.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L remōtus, orig. ptp. of removēre to move back, remove)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) remote control, remote
a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
"he lost the remote for his TV"
2. (adj) distant, remote
located far away spatially
"distant lands"; "remote stars"
3. (adj) outside, remote
very unlikely
"an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"
4. (adj) distant, remote, removed
separate or apart in time
"distant events"; "the remote past or future"
5. (adj) outback(a), remote
inaccessible and sparsely populated;
6. (adj) distant, remote
far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
"a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
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1. (adjective) remote
(of a place) far away from other places and difficult to get to
a remote island
2. remote
slight or unlikely
a remote possibility/chance/hope
3. remote
using a computer to do sth from a place that is far away
remote access to the college library services
4. remote
(of a person) detached from other people and not friendly; = aloof
his remote manner
5. remote
(of a period of time) a long way from the present
a movie set in the remote future
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: far away in time or place; far from any (other) village, town etc
a remote village in New South Wales; a farmhouse remote from civilization.
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 Afrikaans: afgeleë, ver weg |
 Arabic: بَعيد، ناءٍ |
 Bulgarian: далечен |
 Brazilian: remoto |
 Czech: odlehlý, vzdálený |
 German: abgelegen |
 Danish: fjern; afsidesliggende |
 Greek: απομακρυσμένος, απόμερος |
 Spanish: remoto |
 Estonian: kauge |
 Farsi: دور |
 Finnish: kaukainen |
 French: lointain |
 Hebrew: רָחוֹק |
 Hindi: दूरवर्ती |
 Croatian: udaljen, dalek |
 Hungarian: távoli |
 Indonesian: jauh |
 Icelandic: afskekktur |
 Italian: lontano |
 Japanese: へんぴな |
 Korean: 원격의 |
 Lithuanian: atokus, tolimas |
 Latvian: []tāls |
 Malay: jauh, terpencil |
 Dutch: afgelegen |
 Norwegian: fjern, avsides(liggende) |
 Polish: odległy, odosobniony |
 Persian: دور |
 Pashto: لرې، وړاندى دباندې |
 Portuguese: remoto |
 Romanian: îndepărtat |
 Russian: отдалённый |
 Slovak: odľahlý, vzdialený |
 Slovenian: oddaljen |
 Serbian: udaljen |
 Swedish: avlägsen |
 Thai: ไกล |
 Turkish: uzak |
 Taiwanese: 遙遠的，偏遠的 |
 Ukrainian: далекий; усамітнений |
 Urdu: دور |
 Vietnamese: xa |
 Chinese: 遥远的，偏僻的 |
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