remote

[Re*moteĀ·]

Remote describes something far, far away, like a campsite way out in the woods, a distant planet, or the chance you'll win the lottery.

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

Noun
a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"

Adjective S.
inaccessible and sparsely populated

Adjective S.
far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"

Adjective S.
far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"

Adjective S.
far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

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Adjective S.
very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"


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

superl.
Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.

superl.
Not agreeing; alien; foreign.

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

superl.
Separate; abstracted.

superl.
Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.

superl.
Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

superl.
Separated by intervals greater than usual.


Remote

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.
Remote from men, with God he passed his days.
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.

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

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Usage Examples

Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

Canada's a huge country, so to be able to unite the country through communication satellite technology or to be able to observe it through remote sensing technology from space is a natural fit for a country like Canada.

An illness is like a journey into a far country it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My home town is very small and very remote and we don't have a movie house.

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter?

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

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