remote

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt]
• (US) IPA: [rɪˈmoʊt]

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

remote (comparative remoter, superlative remotest)

1. At a distance; disconnected.

   A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

3. Unlikely.

   There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

4. Emotionally detached.

   After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

Synonyms

• (at a distance): disconnected, hands-free, wireless
• (distant or otherwise inaccessible): far, hidden, outlying
• (unlikely): abysmal, faint, improbable, poor
• (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn

Antonyms

• (at a distance): attached, connected, contiguous, direct
• (distant or otherwise inaccessible): close, near, proximate
• (unlikely): likely, probable, reasonable, sure
• (emotionally detached): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

Related terms

• remote control
• remoteness
• remove

Translations

at a distance

Arabic: بَعِيدٌ (ar) (baʿīd) Belarusian: далёкі (be) (daljóki) Chinese: Mandarin: 遠 (zh), 远 (zh) (yuǎn), 遙遠 (zh), 遥远 (zh) (yáoyuǎn) Czech: daleký (cs), vzdálený (cs), nepřístupný (cs) Dutch: verwijderd, afgelegen, van op afstand, veraf Finnish: etäinen (fi), kaukainen (fi), etä- (fi), kauko- (fi) French: distant (fr) German: fern (de), entfernt (de), abgelegen (de), fernbetrieb (de) Hebrew: מרוחק (he) (merukhaq) Hindi: दूर (hi) (dūr) Hungarian: távoli (hu) Indonesian: jarak jauh, remote Italian: remoto (it) Japanese: 遠い (ja) (とおい, tōi), 遠隔な (ja) (えんかくな, enkaku-na), 辺鄙な (ja) (へんぴな, hempi-na), 遥かな (ja) (はるかな, haruka-na)

Korean: 원격 (ko) (weon-gyeok), 먼 (ko) (meon) Norwegian: fjern (no) Persian: دور (fa) (dur) Polish: daleki (pl) Portuguese: remoto (pt), longínquo (pt) m., distante (pt) Russian: далёкий (ru) (daljókij), отдалённый (ru) (otdaljónnyj), дальний (ru) (dál'nij) Scottish Gaelic: cian, cèin, fad às (gd) Slovak: ďaleký (sk) Spanish: remoto (es) Swedish: avlägsen (sv) Turkish: uzak (tr), uzaktan kontrol (tr) (uzaktan kontrôl) Ukrainian: далекий (uk) (dalékyj) Urdu: دور (ur) (dūr) Vietnamese: xa (vi)

distant or otherwise unaccessible

Esperanto: izolita (eo) Malay: terpencil (ms)

Portuguese: isolado (pt), inacessível (pt) Scottish Gaelic: fad às (gd), iomallach (gd)

Noun

remote (plural remotes)

1. Short for remote control.

   I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

2. (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

Synonyms

• (remote control): clicker

Translations

remote control

Finnish: kaukosäädin (fi) French: télécommande (fr) f.

Norwegian: fjernkontroll (no) m. Portuguese: controle (pt), controlo remoto (pt)

Verb

remote (third-person singular simple present remotes, present participle remoting, simple past and past participle remoted)

1. (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Bill English, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: Administrator's Companion:

     These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into a server or locally executing SharePoint cmdlets.

External links

• remote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• remote in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• remote at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• meteor

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [reˈmɔː.t̪e], /reˈmɔte/

Adjective

remote f. plural

1. feminine plural form of remoto

Anagrams

• temerò

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Latin

Adjective

remōte

1. vocative masculine singular of remōtus