remote

English Online Dictionary. What means remote‎? What does remote mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ɹɪˈmoʊt]
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

remote (comparative more remote or remoter, superlative most remote or remotest)

1. At a distance; disconnected.

   Synonyms: disconnected, hands-free, wireless

   Antonyms: attached, connected, contiguous, direct, presential

2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   Synonyms: far, hidden; see also Thesaurus:distant

   Antonyms: close, near, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near

3. (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.

   Synonyms: distant, faint, small

   Antonyms: considerable, great, reasonable, sure

4. Emotionally detached.

   Synonyms: aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn; see also Thesaurus:aloof

   Antonyms: companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

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Translations

Noun

remote (plural remotes)

1. Ellipsis of remote control.

2. (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
3. (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.

Synonyms

• (remote control): buttons, clicker, zapper

Translations

Verb

remote (third-person singular simple present remotes, present participle remoting, simple past and past participle remoted)

1. (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
2. to remove (from something or someone)

Further reading

• “remote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “remote”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “remote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -ometer, emoter, meteor, ometer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: re‧mò‧te

Adjective

remote f pl

1. feminine plural of remoto

Anagrams

• temerò, temore

Latin

Adjective

remōte

1. vocative masculine singular of remōtus

References

• “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• remote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.