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remote
(r/I/'m/oU/t )

adjective (a)

  • far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship(adj.all)
    Example:
    A remote relative.
    Considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics.
    Antonym:
    close
    source: wordnet30
  • Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He lost the remote for his TV.
    Synonym:
    remote control
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • located far away spatially(adj.all)
    Example:
    Remote stars.
    Synonym:
    distant
    source: wordnet30
  • very unlikely(adj.all)
    Example:
    A remote possibility.
    A remote contingency.
    source: wordnet30
  • separate or apart in time(adj.all)
    Example:
    The remote past or future.
    Synonym:
    distant, removed
    source: wordnet30
  • inaccessible and sparsely populated(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    outback
    source: wordnet30
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