Definição de 'remote'

Frequência da palavra

remote

(rɪmoʊt )

Formas da palavra:comparative remoter , superlative remotest

1. adjectivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to.

Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.

...a remote farm in the Yorkshire dales.

Sinônimos:distant, far, isolated, lonely Mais sinônimos de remote

remoteness substantivo incontável

...the remoteness of the island.

2. adjectivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present.

Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.

3. adjectivo

If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different.

This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people. [+ from]

Teenagers are forced to study subjects that seem remote from their daily lives.

Sinônimos:irrelevant, foreign, outside, removed Mais sinônimos de remote

remoteness substantivo incontável

...the remoteness of the officers from their men.

4. adjectivo

If you say that there is a remote possibility or chance that something will happen, you are emphasizing that there is only a very small chance that it will happen.

[emphasis]

I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun.

The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.

Sinônimos:slight, small, outside, poor Mais sinônimos de remote

5. adjectivo

If you describe someone as remote, you mean that they behave as if they do not want to be friendly or closely involved with other people.

She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.

remoteness substantivo incontável

His remoteness was resented.

Mais sinônimos de remote

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Frequência da palavra

remote in American

(rɪˈmoʊt ; rimōtˈ)

adjectivoFormas da palavra:reˈmoter or reˈmotest

distant in space; far off; far away

far off and hidden away; secluded

far off in (past or future) time

a remote ancestor

distant in connection, relation, bearing, or the like

a question remote from the subject

distantly related by blood or marriage

a remote cousin

distant in human relations; aloof

remote and cold in his manner

slight; faint

a remote chance

not immediate or primary; far removed in influence

the remote causes

9. Computing

of or by means of a terminal, etc. located some distance away from the computer and therefore requiring a communication line

substantivo

10. Radio and Television

a usually live broadcast originating outside a studio

11.

remote control (sense 2)

SIMILAR WORDS: far

Formas derivadas

remotely (reˈmotely)

advérbio

remoteness (reˈmoteness)

substantivo

Origem da palavra remote

ME < L remotus, pp. of removere, to remove

Frequência da palavra

remote in British

(rɪˈməʊt )

adjectivo

located far away; distant

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

distant in time

distantly related or connected

a remote cousin

removed, as from the source or point of action

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

(of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted

operated from a distance; remote-controlled

a remote monitor

Formas derivadas

remotely (reˈmotely)

advérbio

remoteness (reˈmoteness)

substantivo

Origem da palavra remote

C15: from Latin remōtus far removed, from removēre, from re- + movēre to move

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