remote
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3.6
- adjective
- /rɪˈmoʊt/
:
remoto
- The Colorado River corridor remained a remote place to all but a few intrepid river pioneers.
- a remote area
- a remote region
- a remote location
And by that, I mean kids with laptops and remote parts of the world.
- And by that, I mean kids with laptops and remote parts of the world.
- And I was taken out to this remote village about an hour outside Moscow.
- You know, It's like, it's like, you know, going to some remote place in Alaska.
- Although we could have found traces of it in some remote locations.
- This works especially well for remote or small landfills that don't produce a lot.
- Haptics are items of clothing that permit feeling from a remote location.
- West Virginia was not remote enough for you.
- And those are these remote, remote fields, OK?
Examples
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This is the most remote hangar on the base.
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The scientists traveled to a remote island to study its unique wildlife.
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And I was taken out to this remote village about an hour outside Moscow.
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I come from a region in the remote northwest part of the country.
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He gets found in his car in a remote area.
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Because the site is so remote, it remained largely undisturbed except for wildlife activity.
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But down there building my first playground in this remote Andean village.
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Travel to the remote Komodo Island in Indonesia.
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Right now, an SFO Unit is making its way to a remote address 94 kilometres east of Reykjavik.
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Rescue teams are working to deliver aid to remote regions that were affected by the earthquake.
Synonyms
246
2.8
Far away in space, not near you
241
1.0
At a great distance in space or time
56
3.8
Far from other places or people and hard to reach
45
4.2
Very far away in place or time
34
2.8
Far from here in place or time
13
6.3
Distant places spread over a very wide area
9
4.0
In a place far from towns and not often visited
5
5.0
Far from the center or main part of a place
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
1
5.6
A bomb you can make explode from far away using a small device you hold
- Specialized
Handling information in different places linked by a network
How Distant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Remote comes from parts re- 'back' and move 'to move', the same idea in remove. So a 'remote' place is one that is 'moved away' — far from people and cities.