remoteadjective
uk/rɪˈməʊt/us/rɪˈmoʊt/remote adjective (DISTANT)
B2 far away in distance or time, or not closely related:
remote galaxies
It happened in the remote past, so no one worries about it any more.
They take little interest in a conflict far from their homes and remote from their everyday problems.
B2 A remote area, house, or village is a long way from any towns or cities:
a remote mountain village
specialized internet & telecoms remote computer systems are available to users in another part of a building or in another place, for example through a network:
This enables you to get remote access to your email.
a remote server
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- They live in a remote corner of Scotland, miles from the nearest shop.
- She dwelt in remote parts of Asia for many years.
- People in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions.
- These remote islands are inhabited only by birds and small animals.
- They lived in a remote cottage set high on a woody hillside.
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Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- away
- beaten
- far
- furthermost
- furthest
- infinity
- light year
- light years away idiom
- lonely
- middle
- the back of beyond idiom
- virtually
- wide
- you're getting colder idiom
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remote adjective (SLIGHT)
C2 slight:
a remote possibility
The chances of a visit by Martians to Earth are remote.
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Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- below
- certain
- could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
- drabs
- flicker
- less
- little
- mild
- mingy
- minimal
- modest
- narrow
- negligible
- niggardly
- outside
- slender
- small
- thinly
- under
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remote adjective (NOT FRIENDLY)
not very friendly or showing little interest in other people:
Her manner was remote and cool.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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remoteness
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈməʊt.nəs/us/rɪˈmoʊt.nəs/
Idiom(s)
not have the remotest idea
remotenoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈməʊt/us/rɪˈmoʊt/a remote control
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electric shock
- electromagnetic
- flow
- generation
- ground
- homing
- input
- insulating tape
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
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