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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance;
- Example: "he lost the remote for his TV"
[syn: remote control, remote]


ADJECTIVE (5)

1. located far away spatially;
- Example: "distant lands"
- Example: "remote stars"
[syn: distant, remote]

2. very unlikely;
- Example: "an outside chance"
- Example: "a remote possibility"
- Example: "a remote contingency"
[syn: outside, remote]

3. separate or apart in time;
- Example: "distant events"
- Example: "the remote past or future"
[syn: distant, remote, removed]

4. inaccessible and sparsely populated;;
[syn: outback(a), remote]

5. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ;
- Example: "a distant cousin"
- Example: "a remote relative"
- Example: "a distant likeness"
- Example: "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
[syn: distant, remote]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remote \Re*mote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-?r);
   superl. Remotest.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to
   remove. See Remove.]
   1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; --
      said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages;
      remote lands.
      [1913 Webster]

            Places remote enough are in Bohemia.  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Remote from men, with God he passed his days.
                                                  --Parnell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related;
      -- in various figurative uses. Specifically:
      (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions,
          how remote soever from reason." --Locke.
      (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection
          or consanguinity.
      (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself
          by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all
          bodies." --Locke.
      (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
          "From the effect to the remotest cause." --Granville.
      (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
          [1913 Webster]

   3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
      [1913 Webster] -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

remote
    adj 1: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote
           stars" [syn: distant, remote]
    2: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility";
       "a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote]
    3: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
       or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]
    4: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a),
       remote]
    5: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a
       distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness";
       "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
       [syn: distant, remote] [ant: close]
    n 1: a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus
         from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn:
         remote control, remote]