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Far away from a given location
“After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there.”
Placed or standing away from view
“I have a bungalow for us on the beach in a remote little cove so we can be alone.”
Isolated, especially from civilization or society
“Two American women would trek through the Himalayas to a remote mountain village, where they shared the life of local village women and their families.”
Having very little connection with or relationship to
“The application of one's current thinking to problems remote from one's experience is not simply a by-product of having learned to solve somewhat similar problems.”
Small in degree or level
“Lydia has never hit a golf ball, but desperately wanting to become a millionaire and thinking that there is a remote chance that she will make a hole in one, she enters the contest.”
Improbable in degree or likelihood
“Just suppose that cloning a human was no longer a remote possibility, but a scientific reality.”
Aloof or unemotional in manner or behavior
“While seen as personally remote and aloof, Collins came across as fair and measured in meetings with unions.”
(of a device) Not connected to anything (e.g. via wires or cables)
“With the remote control, we could turn the television on and off. I think this was when we started to become less patient with the shows being televised.”
From or relating to a previous era
Existing in an environment predating human technology, production, and design
Originating from a foreign or external place or country
Unusual or uncharacteristic of what one is used to
Abandoned, or left unused or unoccupied
Incapable of being applied
Forgetful or careless due to distraction
Not visually distinct to one's sight or memory
Smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors
Remote or distant to an excessive degree
Controlled remotely using radio signals
Situated in a different location but connected via technology
Experienced indirectly, typically through the feelings or actions of another person
Unnamed or not identified by a name
Remote from the coast or frontier
Relating to the stars, astronomy, or space in general
Lacking in intensity, vividness or brightness
Being very different from
To connect from a remote location
“The more people that can remote to the server, the more likely it is that someone will inadvertently modify something or take the server down.”
A remote control
“Here, honey. You take the remote. As long as I'm with you, I don't care what we watch.”
The most remote and desolate areas of Australia
In a distant, indicated place
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