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remote (iou)



remote adjective, noun, & adverb. LME.
[Latin remotus pa. pple of removere REMOVE verb.]
A. adjective.
Situated at a distance or interval from each other; far apart. arch. LME.
Shakespeare Phoenix Hearts remote, yet not asunder.
a. Far away, distant, (from some place, thing, or person); removed, set apart. L16.
Sir W. Scott For our separate use..We'll hold this hut's remoter end. E. M. Forster A small thing at hand is greater than a great thing remote.
b. Out of the way, secluded; situated away from the main centres of population, society, etc. E17.
M. Richler His family lived in a remote town perched atop a rocky hilltop.
c. Distant in time. E18.
G. L. Harding In remote geological times parts..of East Jordan were under the sea.
d. Situated, occurring, or performed at a (not necessarily great) distance. Esp. in remote control below. E20.
Telelink The micro's real-time clock can be used..to provide remote, unattended operation.
a. Not closely connected with or affecting a person or thing. L16.
M. L. King Many whites to whom the horror of slavery had been emotionally remote. M. Leitch A place as remote from her own concerns as Siberia.
b. Widely different or divergent from something else. M17.
Ld Macaulay This calculation was not remote from the truth.
c. Far-fetched; unusual. rare. L17-L18.
d. Not closely related by blood or kinship. M18.
A. Pryce-Jones Uncle Freddy, as I called himhe was in reality a very remote cousin.
e. Of a person: distant from others in manner; withdrawn, aloof. L19.
J. B. Priestley Miss Trant seemed so dreamy and remote these days that she was considered unapproachable.
Slight, faint. E18.
G. B. Shaw Paquito has not the remotest idea of what it is to be exploited. E. Bowen The possibility of their ever falling in love remained..remote.
b. noun.
A remote person or thing. rare. E16.
= remote control below. M20.
Broadcasting. An outside broadcast. US. M20.
C. adverb.
At a great distance, far off. Chiefly poet. M17.
At or from a (not necessarily great) distance. Only in comb., as remote mounted etc. M20.
Special collocations & comb.: remote control (a) control of a machine or apparatus from a distance, esp. by signals transmitted from a radio or electronic device; (b) a usu. hand-held device for operating a television etc. by this means. remote-controlled adjective operated by remote control. remote sensing the scanning of the earth or another planet by satellite or high-flying craft in order to obtain information about it. remote sensor a recording device (as a camera on a satellite) which carries out remote sensing.
remotely adverb in a remote manner, distantly; at or from a (not necessarily great) distance: L16.
remoteness noun the state of being remote E17.