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Meaning of 'remote' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Remote [ superl.]
- Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
- Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
- Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
- Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
- Separate; abstracted.
- Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
- Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
- Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Meaning of 'remote' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . remote [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Example in sentence:
  • he lost the remote for his TV
2 . remote [ a]
Meaning (2):
- far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Example in sentence:
  • a distant cousin;
  • a distant likeness;
  • a remote relative;
  • considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
3 . remote [ s]
Meaning (3):
- very unlikely
Example in sentence:
  • a remote contingency;
  • a remote possibility;
  • an outside chance
Meaning (4):
- separate or apart in time
Example in sentence:
  • distant events;
  • the remote past or future
Meaning (5):
- located far away spatially
Example in sentence:
  • distant lands;
  • remote stars