ADJECTIVE | all | remote, distant | located far away spatially |
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all | remote, outside | very unlikely | |
all | remote, distant, removed | separate or apart in time | |
all | remote, outback | inaccessible and sparsely populated | |
all | remote, distant | far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship | |
NOUN | artifact | remote, remote control | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance |
Sounds | rihmow't; riymow't | |
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Rhymes | afloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt... |
Meaning | Located far away spatially. | |
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Example | "remote stars" | |
Synonym | distant | |
Broader | far | Located at a great distance in time or space or degree / degree |
Spanish | distante, lejano, remoto | |
Catalan | distant, llunyà, remot | |
Nouns | remoteness | the property of being remote |
Meaning | Very unlikely. | |
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Synonym | outside | |
Broader | unlikely | Has little chance of being the case or coming about |
Spanish | exterior, remoto | |
Catalan | remot | |
Nouns | remoteness | the property of being remote |
Adverbs | remotely | to a remote degree |
Meaning | separate or apart in time. | |
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Example | "the remote past or future" | |
Synonyms | distant, removed | |
Broader | far | Located at a great distance in time or space or degree / degree |
Spanish | alejado, distante, lejano, remoto | |
Catalan | allunyat, distant, llunyà, remot | |
Nouns | remoteness | the property of being remote |
Meaning | inaccessible and sparsely populated. | |
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Synonym | outback | |
Broader | inaccessible, unaccessible | capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all |
Spanish | alejado, distante, remoto | |
Catalan | allunyat, distant, remot | |
Nouns | remoteness | the property of being remote |
Meaning | Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship. | |
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Synonym | distant | |
Narrower | faraway | Far removed mentally |
loosely knit | Having only distant social or legal ties | |
removed | separated in relationship by a given degree of descent | |
ulterior | Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest | |
Opposite | close | Close in relevance or relationship |
Spanish | alejado, distante, lejano, remota, remoto | |
Catalan | distant, llunyà, remot |
Meaning | A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance. | |
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Example | "he lost the remote for his TV" | |
Synonym | remote control | |
Part of | remote-control bomb | A bomb that can be detonated by remote control |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
Spanish | control, mando a distancia, mando, remoto, telemando | |
Catalan | comandament a distància |
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