remote
♦ re|mote /rɪm'oʊt/ (remoter remotest)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to.
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present.
Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.
= distant
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ from n
If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different.
This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people...
4 [ADJ]
If you say that there is a remote possibility or chance that something will happen, you are emphasizing that there is only a very small chance that it will happen.
I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun...
5 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as remote, you mean that they behave as if they do not want to be friendly or closely involved with other people.
She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.re|mote ac|cess
[N-UNCOUNT]
Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer. (COMPUTING)
The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.re|mote con|trol (remote controls)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Remote control is a system of controlling a machine or a vehicle from a distance by using radio or electronic signals.
The bomb was detonated by remote control.
2 [N-COUNT]
The remote control for a television or video recorder is the device that you use to control the machine from a distance, by pressing the buttons on it.re|mote sens|ing
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Remote sensing is the gathering of information about something by observing it from space or from the air.
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to.
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present.
Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.
= distant
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ from n
If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different.
This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people...
4 [ADJ]
If you say that there is a remote possibility or chance that something will happen, you are emphasizing that there is only a very small chance that it will happen.
I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun...
5 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as remote, you mean that they behave as if they do not want to be friendly or closely involved with other people.
She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.re|mote ac|cess
[N-UNCOUNT]
Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer. (COMPUTING)
The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.re|mote con|trol (remote controls)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Remote control is a system of controlling a machine or a vehicle from a distance by using radio or electronic signals.
The bomb was detonated by remote control.
2 [N-COUNT]
The remote control for a television or video recorder is the device that you use to control the machine from a distance, by pressing the buttons on it.re|mote sens|ing
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Remote sensing is the gathering of information about something by observing it from space or from the air.