remote

Pluralremotes

Formsremotes, remoting, remoted

1. 1
   adjective

   Far away and hard to get to.

   Like a house so far out in the wild that no road reaches it.

   They live in a remote village high in the mountains.

   Rescue teams struggled to reach the remote cabin after the storm.

   Similardistant, faraway, far-off, far, outlying

   Oppositenear, close

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2. 2
   adjective

   Far apart from other things and not joined to them.

   Like two islands with no bridge between them.

   The lighthouse stands remote on a windswept point.

   These old customs feel remote from the way people live today.

   Similarwireless, disconnected

   Oppositeconnected, attached, direct

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3. 3
   nounabbreviationellipsis

   Short form of remote control. The small device you hold to control a TV from your seat.

   Pass me the remote so I can change the channel.

   He lost the remote between the couch cushions again.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Very small in amount or chance.

   Like a chance so tiny you almost can't picture it.

   There's only a remote chance of rain today.

   She bears a remote resemblance to her grandmother.

   Similarslight, faint, small, distant

   Oppositegreat, considerable

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5. 5
   adjective

   Cold and not showing feelings toward other people.

   Like talking to someone who stays behind a thick pane of glass.

   Her father was always remote and hard to talk to.

   He seemed remote during dinner, lost in his own thoughts.

   Similardistant, aloof, withdrawn, cool, reserved

   Oppositeintimate, involved, passionate

6. 6
   nouncountable

   A part of a show that comes from outside the studio.

   Like a TV report beamed in from far away instead of made in the studio.

   The morning show did a remote from the county fair.

   They set up a remote outside the stadium before the game.

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7. 7
   verbintransitive

   To connect to a computer from far away over a network.

   Like reaching across town to use a computer as if you were sitting in front of it.

   I remote into the office server from home each morning.

   You can remote into your desktop using this free app.

   Similarconnect

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   A copy of a code project stored on another computer, not your own.

   Like saving your work on a shared online drive instead of only on your laptop.

   Push your changes to the remote so the rest of the team can see them.

   He added a new remote to his project this afternoon.

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