| 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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| Examples |
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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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| Examples |
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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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