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Remote

Remote Meaning & Definition
Remote Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Remote?

[n] a device used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"
[adj] inaccessible and sparsely populated
[adj] far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
[adj] far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
[adj] far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
[adj] very unlikely; "outside chance"; "remote possibility"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Remote: backwoods(a) | distant | far | inaccessible | outback(a) | outside | remote control | removed | removed(p) | unaccessible | unlikely

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See Also | device

Remote In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*mote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. {Remoter} (-?r); superl. {Remotest}.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See {Remove}.] 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell. 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. ``All these propositions, how remote soever from reason.'' --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. ``Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies.'' --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. ``From the effect to the remotest cause.'' --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. 3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- {Re*mote"ly}, adv. -- {Re*mote"ness}, n.

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