remote
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5.1
- adjective
- /rɪˈmoʊt/
:
lejano
- I forgot that she began in maintenance, back in that remote era when the plant was new.
- the remote past
- a remote time
- a remote period
So my crazy idea is The Big Bang and a remote future.
- So my crazy idea is The Big Bang and a remote future.
Examples
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Events from the remote past can have profound effects on our present lives.
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So my crazy idea is The Big Bang and a remote future.
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What is it like at very remote past times?
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And for a moment, everything seemed remote and not very important.
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Edwardian England, where he had also felt at home, was equally remote, part of the dead past.
Academic text (1991) -
Reservation lands were largely unwanted or remote environments of little economic value.
Academic text (1995) -
Rather than fight superior forces, many Seminoles simply withdrew to ever more remote areas.
Academic text (2017) -
That kind of religious ecstasy is wonderful, but back in the quiet of one's own room, it seems as remote as Spitsbergen.
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" Penelope saw the Iceman's cold, remote face in her mind's eye, and shuddered.
Fiction book (1991) -
Scientists often study the remote past to understand how life evolved on Earth.
Synonyms
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1.0
At a time a long way in the past or future
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2.9
Far away in time, long before now or far in the future
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4.2
Very far away in place or time
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2.8
Far from here in place or time
Far away in time, space, or relation from something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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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', like in remove. That idea works for time too: a 'remote' past or future is far away in time and feels distant.