English dictionary
remote
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- inaccessible and sparsely populated
adjective
- located far away spatially
adjective
- separate or apart in time
adjective
- far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
adjective
- unlikely to occur
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Example sentences
distant lands
remote stars
distant events
the remote past or future
a distant cousin
a remote relative
a distant likeness
considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
an outside chance
a remote possibility
a remote contingency
he lost the remote for his TV