remote

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt]
• IPA^(key): [ɹɪˈmoʊt]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

remote (comparative more remote or remoter, superlative most remote or 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. (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.

   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; see also Thesaurus:distant
• (slight): faint
• (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn

Antonyms

• (at a distance): attached, connected, contiguous, direct
• (distant or otherwise inaccessible): close, near, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near
• (slight): considerable, great, reasonable, sure
• (emotionally detached): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

Derived terms

• remote control
• remoteness
• remote surgery

 

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Maaka root remote- not found

Translations

at a distance

• Arabic: بَعِيد (ar) (baʕīd)

  Egyptian Arabic: بعيد m (beʿīd), بعيدة f (beʿīda), بعاد pl (buʿād)

• Bashkir: алыҫ (alıś), йыраҡ (yıraq)
• Belarusian: далёкі (daljóki)
• Catalan: remot (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 遠／远, 远 (jyun⁵)

  Mandarin: 遠／远 (zh), 远 (zh) (yuǎn), 遙遠／遥远 (zh) (yáoyuǎn), 遥远 (zh) (yáoyuǎn)

• Czech: daleký (cs), vzdálený (cs), nepřístupný
• Dutch: verwijderd (nl), afgelegen (nl), van op afstand, veraf (nl)
• Finnish: etäinen (fi), kaukainen (fi), etä- (fi), kauko- (fi)
• French: distant (fr)
• German: fern (de), entfernt (de), abgelegen (de), fernbetrieb
• Hebrew: מרוחק (merukhaq)
• Hindi: दूर (hi) (dūr)
• Hungarian: távoli (hu)
• Icelandic: afskekktur
• Indonesian: jarak jauh, remote
• Italian: remoto (it)
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• 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, henpi na), 遥かな (ja) (はるかな, haruka na)
• Korean: 원격 (ko) (won'gyeok), 먼 (ko) (meon)
• Latin: remōtus (la), reductus
• Norwegian: fjern (no)
• Persian: دور (fa) (dur)
• Polish: zdalny (pl)
• Portuguese: remoto (pt), longínquo (pt) m, distante (pt)
• Russian: далёкий (ru) (daljókij), да́льний (ru) (dálʹnij), отдалённый (ru) (otdaljónnyj), удалённый (ru) (udaljónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cian, cèin, fad às
• Slovak: ďaleký
• Slovene: oddaljen
• Spanish: remoto (es)
• Swedish: avlägsen (sv), fjärr- (sv)
• Turkish: uzak (tr), uzaktan kontrol
• Ukrainian: дале́кий (dalékyj)
• Urdu: دور (dūr)
• Vietnamese: xa (vi)

distant or otherwise unaccessible

• Catalan: remot (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偏僻的

• Esperanto: izolita
• French: éloigné (fr)
• Italian: remoto (it)
• Latin: remōtus (la), repositus
• Latvian: nomaļš, attāls, tāls
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• Malay: terpencil
• Norman: êlouongni
• Polish: daleki (pl), oddalony (pl), odległy (pl)
• Portuguese: isolado (pt), inacessível (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: fad às, iomallach
• Slovene: odročen, oddaljen
• Spanish: remoto (es)

Noun

remote (plural remotes)

1. Ellipsis of 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

• Czech: dálkový ovladač m
• Finnish: kaukosäädin (fi)
• French: télécommande (fr) f
• German: Fernbedienung (de) f
• Greek: τηλεχειριστήριο (el) n (tilecheiristírio)
• Hebrew: שַׁלָּט (he) m (shalát)
• Marathi: रिमोट n (rimoṭ)
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• Norwegian: fjernkontroll (no) m
• Polish: pilot (pl) m
• Portuguese: controle (pt), controlo remoto
• Russian: ПДТ m (PDT), пульт (ru) m (pulʹt), дистанцио́нка (ru) m (distanciónka)
• Slovene: daljinec m
• Spanish: control remoto m (Americas), mando a distancia m (Spain), control (es) m (Americas), mando (es) m (Spain)

Verb

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.

Further reading

• “remote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “remote”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “remote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -ometer, emoter, meteor, ometer

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈmɔː.t̪e], /reˈmɔte/

Adjective

remote f pl

1. feminine plural of remoto

Anagrams

• temerò

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) remōte

1. vocative masculine singular of remōtus

References

• “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• remote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.