Remote: Definition with Remote Pictures and Photos

1. Noun. A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance. "He lost the remote for his TV"

Exact synonyms: Remote Control
Generic synonyms: Device
Group relationships: Remote-control Bomb

2. Adjective. Located far away spatially. "Remote stars"

Exact synonyms: Distant
Similar to: Far
Derivative terms: Distance, Remoteness

3. Adjective. Very unlikely. "A remote contingency"

Exact synonyms: Outside
Similar to: Unlikely
Derivative terms: Remoteness

4. Adjective. Separate or apart in time. "The remote past or future"

Exact synonyms: Distant, Removed
Similar to: Far
Derivative terms: Distance, Distance, Remoteness

5. Adjective. Inaccessible and sparsely populated.

Exact synonyms: Outback
Similar to: Inaccessible, Unaccessible
Derivative terms: Outback, Remoteness

6. Adjective. Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship. "Considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

Exact synonyms: Distant
Similar to: Faraway, Loosely Knit, Removed, Ulterior
Antonyms: Close

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

1. situated far away [adj -MOTER, -MOTEST] : REMOTELY [adv] / a broadcast originating outside a studio [n -S]

1. Separated from one another, separated by intervals or spaces greater than the ordinary. (09 Oct 1997)

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