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ALL meanings of remote

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  • adjective remote not closely connected 1
  • noun remote electronic device: remote control 1
  • adjective remote far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil. 1
  • adjective remote out-of-the-way; secluded: a remote village; a remote mountaintop. 1
  • adjective remote distant in time: remote antiquity. 1
  • adjective remote distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor. 1
  • adjective remote operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote telephone answering machine. 1
  • adjective remote far off; abstracted; removed: principles remote from actions. 1
  • adjective remote not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential: the remote causes of the war. 1
  • adjective remote slight or faint; unlikely: not the remotest idea; a remote chance. 1
  • adjective remote reserved and distant in manner; aloof; not warmly cordial. 1
  • noun remote Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio. 1
  • noun remote remote control (def 2). 1
  • adjective remote distant 1
  • adjective remote secluded, isolated 1
  • adjective remote aloof 1
  • adjective remote possibility: faint 1
  • adjective remote distantly related 1
  • adjective remote indirect 1
  • adjective remote Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to. 0
  • adjective remote The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present. 0
  • adjective remote If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different. 0
  • adjective remote 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. 0
  • adjective remote 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. 0
  • adjective remote located far away; distant 0
  • adjective remote far from any centre of population, society, or civilization; out-of-the-way 0
  • adjective remote distant in time 0
  • adjective remote distantly related or connected 0
  • adjective remote removed, as from the source or point of action 0
  • adjective remote slight or faint (esp in the phrases not the remotest idea, a remote chance) 0
  • adjective remote (of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted 0
  • adjective remote operated from a distance; remote-controlled 0
  • adjective remote distant in space; far off; far away 0
  • adjective remote far off and hidden away; secluded 0
  • adjective remote far off in (past or future) time 0
  • adjective remote distant in connection, relation, bearing, or the like 0
  • adjective remote distantly related by blood or marriage 0
  • adjective remote distant in human relations; aloof 0
  • adjective remote slight; faint 0
  • adjective remote not immediate or primary; far removed in influence 0
  • adjective remote of or by means of a terminal, etc. located some distance away from the computer and therefore requiring a communication line 0
  • noun remote a usually live broadcast originating outside a studio 0
  • noun remote remote control (sense 2) 0
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