English Explanatory Dictionary

remote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. At a distance; disconnected.
  2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
  3. Slight.
  4. Emotionally detached.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of remote control.
  2. An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
  3. A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
verb
  1. To connect to a computer from a remote location.
  2. to remove (from something or someone)

Pronunciation

[ɹɪˈməʊt] [ˌɹiːˈməʊt] [ɹəˈməʊt] [ɹɪˈmoʊt] /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ /ɹəˈmʌo̞/ /ɹəˈmʌo̞ʔ/ en-us-remote.ogg

Word forms

remote more remote remoter most remote remotest remotes remoting remoted

Etymology

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

Synonyms

disconnected hands-free wireless far hidden distant far-flung far-off faraway outlandish outlying out of the way remote faint small aloof dispassionate removed withdrawn cool frosty hankty hard-to-get offish quiet reserved standoffish strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved buttons clicker zapper

Antonyms

attached connected contiguous direct presential close near proximate around the corner citerior close by immediate nearby nigh present propinquitous considerable great reasonable sure companionable intimate involved passionate

Derived words

georemote nonremote postremote preremote remotable remote access remote control remote-controlled remote desktop remote froglet remote hands remote horn remote keyless entry remotely remote method invocation remoteness remote passed pawn remote procedure call remote proxy remote schizoid remote sensing remote sensing scientist remote speaker remote starter remote strobe remote surgery remote training collar remote viewer remote viewing remote work remote worker unremote Wiimote
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