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re·mote  (r-mt)

adj. re·mot·er, re·mot·est

1.

a. Located far away; distant in space.

b. Hidden away; secluded: a remote hamlet.

2. Distant in time: the remote past.

3. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.

4. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.

5. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.

6. Distant in manner; aloof.

7. Operating or controlled from a distance: remote sensors.

8. Computer Science Located at a distance from another computer that is accessible by cables or other communications links: a remote terminal.

n.

1. A radio or television broadcast originating from a point outside a studio.

2. A remote control device.

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[Middle English, from Old French remot, from Latin remtus, past participle of removre, to remove; see remove.]

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re·motely adv.

re·moteness n.

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remote [rɪˈməʊt]

adj

1. located far away; distant

2. far from any centre of population, society, or civilization; out-of-the-way

3. distant in time

4. distantly related or connected a remote cousin

5. removed, as from the source or point of action

6. slight or faint (esp in the phrases not the remotest idea, a remote chance)

7. (of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted

8. operated from a distance; remote-controlled a remote monitor

[from Latin remōtus far removed, from removēre, from re- + movēre to move]

remotely  adv

remoteness  n

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remote

• remote - From Latin remotus, the past participle of removere, "remove."
• remote sensing - The scanning of the earth by satellite or aircraft to obtain information about it.
• devious - Its literal meaning is "out of the way," from Latin de via—applied to a place that was remote because it was off the main road.
• remote control - The term existed by 1904, and the shortened version, remote, was used in print by 1966.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	remote - a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" remote control device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" remote-control bomb - a bomb that can be detonated by remote control
Adj.	1.	remote - located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" distant far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
	2.	remote - very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" outside unlikely - has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"
	3.	remote - separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" removed, distant far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
	4.	remote - inaccessible and sparsely populated; outback inaccessible, unaccessible - capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
	5.	remote - far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" distant

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remote

adjective

1. distant, far, isolated, lonely, out-of-the-way, far-off, secluded, inaccessible, faraway, outlying, in the middle of nowhere, off the beaten track, backwoods, godforsaken a remote farm in the hills
distant close, near, central, neighbouring, nearby, adjacent, just round the corner

2. far, distant, obscure, far-off particular events in the remote past

3. irrelevant, foreign, outside, removed, alien, unrelated, unconnected, immaterial, extraneous, extrinsic subjects that seem remote from their daily lives
irrelevant related, relevant, intrinsic

4. slight, small, outside, poor, unlikely, slim, faint, doubtful, dubious, slender, meagre, negligible, implausible, inconsiderable The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.
slight good, strong, likely, considerable

5. aloof, cold, removed, reserved, withdrawn, distant, abstracted, detached, indifferent, faraway, introspective, uninterested, introverted, uninvolved, unapproachable, uncommunicative, standoffish She looked so remote.
aloof interested, involved, aware, alert, outgoing, attentive, sociable, gregarious

Translations

remote [rɪˈməʊt]

A. ADJ (remoter (compar) (remotest (superl)))

1. (= distant) [village, spot, area] → remoto, apartado; [star, galaxy] → lejano, remoto; [relative, ancestor, descendant] → lejano
in the remotest parts of Africa → en las partes más remotas or más apartadas de África
the remote past/future → el pasado/futuro remoto
remote antiquity → la antigüedad remota
it's remote from any towns → está muy lejos or muy apartado de cualquier ciudad
events which seem remote from our daily lives → hechos que parecen muy alejados de nuestras vidas cotidianas
a village remote from the world → un pueblo apartado del mundo

2. (= removed) → lejano, remoto
villages where the war seemed remote → pueblos donde la guerra parecía algo lejano or remoto
to be remote from sth → estar alejado de algo
these events seem remote from contemporary life → estos sucesos parecen estar alejados de la vida contemporánea
what he said was rather remote from the subject in hand → lo que dijo no tenía mucha relación con el tema que se trataba

3. (= aloof) [person, manner, voice] → distante

4. (= slight) [possibility, chance, prospect, hope] → remoto; [risk, resemblance] → ligero; [connection] → remoto
I haven't the remotest idea → no tengo ni la más remota idea

5. (= remote-controlled) → a distancia

B. N (also remote control) → mando m a distancia, telemando m

C. CPD remote access N (Comput) → acceso m remoto
remote control N (= system) → control m remoto; (= device) → mando m a distancia, telemando m
remote learning N (Educ) → educación f a distancia
remote sensing N → detección f a distancia

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remote [rɪˈməʊt] adj

(= isolated) [area, village, building] → isolé(e)
a remote village → un village isolé

(= far in time) [past, future] → lointain
in the remote past → dans un passé lointain

[chance] → maigre before n; [possibility] → vague before n
The chances of his surviving are pretty remote → Ses chances de survie sont assez maigres.
there is a remote possibility that ... → il y a une vague possibilité que ...

(= not relevant) remote from sth → éloigné(e) de qch
subjects that seem remote from teenagers' lives → des sujets qui semblent éloignés de la vie des adolescents

(= unfriendly) [person] → distant(e)
remote access n (COMPUTING) → accès m à distance
remote control n

(= device) (for TV, hi-fi) → télécommande f

(= technique) → commande f à distance
The missile is guided by remote control
BUT Le missile est téléguidé.
remote-controlled [rɪˌməʊtkənˈtrəʊld] adj

[car, toy] → télécommandé(e)

[missile] → téléguidé(e)

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remote

adj (+er)

(in place, = distant) → entfernt, fern (geh) attr; (= isolated) → entlegen, abgelegen; (Comput) → Fern-, Remote-; in the remotest parts of Africa → in den abgelegensten Teilen Afrikas; in a remote spot → an einer entlegenen or abgelegenen Stelle; a village remote from the world → ein von der Welt abgeschiedenes Dorf

(in time) past, future → fern; remote antiquity → die früheste Antike; a remote ancestor (= man) → ein Urahn m; (= woman) → eine Urahne

(= distanced, removed) relative, descendant, connection, relevance etc → entfernt; the government’s statements seem remote from the needs of the people → die Aussagen der Regierung scheinen weit von den Bedürfnissen der Bürger entfernt zu sein; the union leaders have to beware of getting too remote from their members → die Gewerkschaftsführer müssen aufpassen, sich nicht zu weit von der Basis zu entfernen

(= aloof) → unnahbar, unzugänglich

(= slight) possibility, resemblance, risk → entfernt; chance → gering, winzig; I haven’t the remotest idea → ich habe nicht die leiseste Idee; it could happen, although the odds are remote → das könnte passieren, obwohl es sehr unwahrscheinlich ist

(= remote-controlled) handset → zur Fernbedienung

n (Rad, TV: = remote control) → Fernbedienung f

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remote:

remote access

n (Telec, Comput) → Fern- or Remotezugriff m

remote control

n → Fernsteuerung f, → Fernlenkung f; (Rad, TV) → Fernbedienung f

remote-control

adj device → zur Fernbedienung; TV set → mit Fernbedienung; remote system → Fernbedienungssystem nt

remote-controlled

adj model aeroplane etc → ferngesteuert, ferngelenkt; gates → fernbedient

remote data entry

n (Comput) → Datenfernverarbeitung f

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remote:

remote pick-up

n (Comput) → Fernabfrage f (von Daten)

remote sensing

n → Fernerkundung f; remote satellite → Fernerkundungssatellit m, → Radarsatellit m

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remote [rɪˈməʊt] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl)))

a. (place, period) → remoto/a; (ancestor) → lontano/a; (in concept, idea) → lontano/a; (person, aloof) → distante; (uninvolved) → distaccato/a (Comput) → a distanza
remote from the matter in hand → non pertinente alla questione

b. (slight, possibility, resemblance) → vago/a
not the remotest idea/hope → neanche la più vaga idea/speranza
there is a remote possibility that ... → c'è una vaga possibilità che... + sub

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remote

adj remote [rəˈmout]

1 far away in time or place; far from any (other) village, town etc a remote village in New South Wales; a farmhouse remote from civilization. afgeleë, ver weg بَعيد، ناءٍ далечен odlehlý, vzdálený fjern; afsidesliggende abgelegen απομακρυσμένος, απόμερος remoto kauge دور kaukainen lointain רָחוֹק दूरवर्ती udaljen, dalek távoli jauh afskekktur lontano へんぴな 원격의 atokus, tolimas []tāls jauh, terpencil afgelegen fjern, avsides(liggende) odległy, odosobniony remoto înde­părtat отдалённый odľahlý, vzdialený oddaljen udaljen avlägsen ไกล uzak 遙遠的，偏遠的 далекий; усамітнений دور xa 遥远的

2 distantly related a remote cousin afgeleë, veraf بَعيد القَرابَه далечен vzdálený fjern entfernt μακρινός lejano kauge غریبه مانند؛ سرد etäinen éloigné רָחוֹק दूर का daljnji távoli jauh fjarskyldur lontano 遠い 관계가 깊지 않은 tolimas attāls saudara jauh ver fjernt beslektet daleki afastado înde­păr­tat дальний vzdialený daljni dalek avlägsen เป็นญาติห่าง ๆ uzak 遠親的 далекий دور کا تعلق có quan hệ xa （亲戚）远房的

3 very small or slight a remote chance of success; He hasn't the remotest idea what is going on. vaagste ضَئيل، قَليل، بَسيط малък slabý lille; fjern vage αμυδρός, πολύ μικρός remoto väike بعید؛ کم vähäinen faible שֶמֶץ बहुत छोटा slabo, malo izgledno csekély kecil lítill, hverfandi debole; minimo わずかな 미약한 menkas niecīgs peluang tipis gering ørliten, fjern, svak niewielki muito pequeno vag слабый, малейший slabý zelo majhen mali ytterst liten, ringaste, blekaste น้อยมาก az, küçük 極小的 слабкий, незначний خفیف nhỏ 细小的

adv reˈmotely

vaag بصورةٍ بَعيدَه отдалечено vzdáleně; slabě fjernt fern αμυδρά remotamente, lejanamente kaugelt دور افتاده؛ ابدا etäisesti au loin; faiblement בִּכלַל לא दूर के udaljeno halványan, közvetve; távolról secara jauh lítillega; í fjarska lontanamente; debolmente 遠く 원격으로 atokiai, bent kiek, nors kiek []tāli; neskaidri dari jauh ver weg, in het minst fjernt, avsides, absolutt ikke odlegle vagamente departe; slab в малой степени vzdialene; slabo oddaljeno udaljeno avlägset, fjärran อย่างคัดค้าน; อย่างเล็กน้อยมาก; ห่างไกล uzaklarda; en ufak ölçüde 遙遠地 незначно دوری سے ở mức nhỏ; xa xôi 遥远地

n reˈmoteness

vaagheid بُعْد отдалеченост vzdálenost, odlehlost afstand die Ferne μεγάλη απόσταση, ψυχρότητα alejamiento kaugus دور افتادگی kaukaisuus éloignement; faible degré (de) רִיחוּק दूरी, अलगाव udaljenost, daljina távolság jarak jauh fjarlægð lontananza 遠さ 멀리 떨어짐 atokumas tālums, attālinātība kejauhan afgelegenheid fjernhet, avsides beliggenhet oddalenie afastamento depărtare отдалённость vzdialenosť, odľahlosť oddaljenost udaljenost avlägsenhet การคัดค้าน uzaklık 遙遠 незначність دوری sự xa xôi 遥远

remote control

the control of eg a switch or other device from a distance, by means of radio waves etc The model plane is operated by remote control. afstandbeheer جِهاز تَحَكُّم مِن بُعْد дистанционно управление dálkové ovládání fjernkontrol die Fernsteuerung τηλεχειριστήριο mando a distancia kaugjuhtimine کنترل از راه دور از طریق امواج رادیویی kaukosäädin télécommande שָׁלַט רָחוֹק दूरी से नियंत्रण daljinski upravljač távirányítás; táirányító, -kapcsoló pengendali jarak jauh fjarstÿring telecomando リモコン 원격 제어 nuotolinis valdymas tālvadība alat kawalan jauh afstandsbediening fjernstyring zdalne sterowanie controle à distância telecomandă дистанционное управление diaľkové ovládanie daljinsko upravljanje daljinski upravljač fjärrkontroll เครื่องควบคุมระยะไกลด้วยคลื่นวิทยุ uzaktan kumanda 遙控 дистанційне управління کسی میکانی شے کو دور سے چالو یا بند کرنے کا آلہ điều khiển từ xa 遥控

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remote → ضئيل vzdálený fjern entfernt απομακρυσμένος remoto kaukainen lointain udaljen remoto 遠く離れた 멀리 떨어진 ver fjern odległy remoto отдаленный långt borta ไกล uzak xa xôi 遥远的