remote

remote
re|mote1 W3 [rıˈməut US -ˈmout] adj
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1¦(far away)¦
2¦(not likely)¦
3¦(time)¦
4¦(different)¦
5¦(person)¦
6 not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc
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[Date: 1400-1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of removere; REMOVE]
1.) ¦(FAR AWAY)¦
far from towns or other places where people live
▪ a remote border town
▪ a fire in a remote mountain area
2.) ¦(NOT LIKELY)¦
if a chance or possibility of something happening is remote, it is not very likely to happen
= ↑slight
remote chance/possibility
▪ There's a remote chance that you can catch him before he leaves.
▪ The prospect of peace seems remote.
3.) ¦(TIME)¦
far away in time
= ↑distant
▪ the remote time when dinosaurs walked the earth
a remote ancestor
(=someone related to you, who lived a long time ago)
4.) ¦(DIFFERENT)¦
very different from something
remote from
▪ The Heights was quiet and clean and remote from the busy daily life of the city.
5.) ¦(PERSON)¦
unfriendly, and not interested in people
= ↑distant
▪ His father was a remote, quiet man.
6.) not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc
especially BrE used to emphasize that you do not know something, are not interested in something, do not intend to do something etc
▪ He hasn't the remotest interest in sport.
not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc what/where/who etc
▪ I haven't the remotest idea what you mean.
>remoteness n [U]
remote 2
remote2 n
▪ Give me the remote.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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