Definitions for remote

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remote re·mote

Spelling: [ri-moht]

IPA: /rɪˈmoʊt/

Remote is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in remote (eemort).

Definitions for remote

noun

1. Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
2. remote control (def 2).

adjective

1. far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away:
2. out-of-the-way; secluded:
3. distant in time:
4. distant in relationship or connection:
5. operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control:
6. far off; abstracted; removed:
7. not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential:
8. slight or faint; unlikely:
9. reserved and distant in manner; aloof; not warmly cordial.

Origin of remote

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin remōtus, past participle of removēre to move back; see remove, motion

Examples for remote

In a tiny, remote Chinese village, an ancient Roman bloodline may live on.

Some critics have made the same sorts of arguments about the remote and effete president.

In a remote location with little means for economic development, the Brogpas have cultivating this identity to their advantage.

In a remote corner of China, one village tells a strange lineage tale.

Until now he had kept his place in the remote corner of the balcony.

He took up a point as remote as might be from the personal appeal.

The remote controlled flying craft has gone from covert military ops to a communal backyard hobby.

Their surprise was great; for they had not the most remote idea of her intentions.

I beg, that I may not be sacrificed to projects, and remote contingencies.

And how, poor Alice, in that remote village, was chance to throw him in your way?