remote

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]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

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

1. At a distance; disconnected.

   A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

   remote workers

2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

3. (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.

   There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

   They have a very remote chance of winning.

   You have a remote resemblance to my grandmother.

4. Emotionally detached.

   After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

Synonyms

• (at a distance): disconnected, hands-free, wireless
• (distant or otherwise inaccessible): far, hidden, outlying; see also Thesaurus:distant
• (slight): faint
• (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “at a distance”): attached, connected, contiguous, direct; presential
• (antonym(s) of “distant or otherwise inaccessible”): close, near, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near
• (antonym(s) of “slight”): considerable, great, reasonable, sure
• (antonym(s) of “emotionally detached”): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

Derived terms

• remote access
• remote control
• remote-controlled
• remote desktop
• remote froglet
• remote hands
• remote horn
• remote keyless entry
• remotely
• remote method invocation
• remoteness
• remote passed pawn
• remote procedure call
• remote proxy
• remote sensing
• remote sensing scientist
• remote speaker
• remote starter
• remote strobe
• remote surgery
• remote training collar
• remote viewer
• remote viewing
• remote work
• remote worker

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mew- (0 c, 2 e)

Translations

at a distance

• Afrikaans: afgeleë
• Arabic: بَعِيد (ar) (baʕīd)

  Egyptian Arabic: بعيد m (beʕīd), بعيدة f (beʕīda), بعاد pl (buʕād)

• Azerbaijani: uzaq (az), əlçatmaz, iraq, ucqar
• Bashkir: алыҫ (alıś), йыраҡ (yıraq)
• Belarusian: далёкі (daljóki)
• Bulgarian: дале́чен (bg) (daléčen)
• Catalan: remot (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 遠／远 (jyun⁵)

  Mandarin: 遠／远 (zh) (yuǎn), 遙遠／遥远 (zh) (yáoyuǎn)

• Czech: daleký (cs), vzdálený (cs)
• Dutch: verwijderd (nl), afgelegen (nl), van op afstand, veraf (nl)
• Finnish: etäinen (fi), kaukainen (fi), etä- (fi), kauko- (fi)
• French: distant (fr), loin (fr)
• German: fern (de), entfernt (de), abgelegen (de), fernbetrieb
• Hebrew: מרוחק (merukhaq)
• Higaonon: madiyo
• Hindi: दूर (hi) (dūr)
• Hungarian: távoli (hu)
• Icelandic: afskekktur
• Indonesian: jarak jauh, remote
• Ingrian: etähäin
• Italian: remoto (it)
• Japanese: 遠い (ja) (とおい, tōi), 遠隔な (ja) (えんかくな, enkaku na), 辺鄙な (ja) (へんぴな, henpi na), 遥かな (ja) (はるかな, haruka na)
• Korean: 원격 (ko) (won'gyeok), 먼 (ko) (meon), 외딴 (ko) (oettan)
• Latin: remōtus (la), reductus
• Macedonian: далечен (dalečen)
• Norwegian: fjern (no)
• Persian: دور (fa) (dur), دوردست (fa) (durdast)
• Polish: zdalny (pl)
• Portuguese: remoto (pt), longínquo (pt) m, distante (pt)
• Romanian: depărtat (ro), îndepărtat (ro)
• Russian: далёкий (ru) (daljókij), да́льний (ru) (dálʹnij), отдалённый (ru) (otdaljónnyj), удалённый (ru) (udaljónnyj)
• Sanskrit: दूर (sa) (dūra)
• Scottish Gaelic: cian, cèin, fad às
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: да̀лек

  Roman: dàlek (sh)

• Slovak: ďaleký
• Slovene: oddaljen, dáleč (sl)
• Spanish: remoto (es)
• Swedish: avlägsen (sv), fjärr- (sv)
• Tocharian B: akañce
• Turkish: uzak (tr), uzaktan kontrol
• Ukrainian: дале́кий (uk) (dalékyj)
• Urdu: دور (dūr)
• Vietnamese: xa (vi)

distant or otherwise unaccessible

• Afrikaans: afgeleë
• Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz
• Bulgarian: отдалечен (bg) (otdalečen)
• Catalan: remot (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偏僻的

• Czech: nepřístupný, vzdálený (cs)
• Esperanto: izolita
• Finnish: syrjäinen (fi), etäinen (fi)
• French: éloigné (fr)
• German: abgelegen (de)
• Hebrew: נִדָּח (he) m (nidáẖ)
• Irish: iargúlta
• Italian: remoto (it)
• Latin: remōtus (la), repositus
• Latvian: nomaļš, attāls, tāls
• Malay: terpencil
• Norman: êlouongni
• Polish: odległy (pl), daleki (pl), oddalony (pl)
• Portuguese: isolado (pt), inacessível (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: fad às, iomallach
• Slovene: odročen, oddaljen
• Spanish: remoto (es)
• Swedish: avlägsen (sv), fjärran (sv), fjärr- (sv)

Noun

remote (plural remotes)

1. Ellipsis of remote control.

   I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

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

remote control

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: رموت m (rimōt, rumūt), ريموت m (rīmōt)

• Bulgarian: дистанционно (bg) n (distancionno)
• Czech: dálkový ovladač m
• Finnish: kaukosäädin (fi)
• French: télécommande (fr) f
• German: Fernbedienung (de) f
• Greek: τηλεχειριστήριο (el) n (tilecheiristírio)
• Hebrew: שַׁלָּט (he) m (shalát)
• Indonesian: pengendali jarak jauh (formal, rare)
• Marathi: रिमोट n (rimoṭ)
• Norwegian: fjernkontroll (no) m
• Polish: pilot (pl) m
• Portuguese: controle (pt), controlo remoto
• Romanian: telecomandă (ro) f
• Russian: ПДТ m (PDT), пульт (ru) m (pulʹt), дистанцио́нка (ru) m (distanciónka)
• Slovene: daljinec m
• Spanish: control remoto m (Americas), mando a distancia m (Spain), control (es) m (Americas), mando (es) m (Spain)
• Turkish: kumanda (tr)
• Ukrainian: пульт m (pulʹt)
• Vietnamese: điều khiển từ xa, remote (vi), rì-mốt

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)
   • 2010, Bill English, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: Administrator's Companion:

     These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into a server or locally executing SharePoint cmdlets.

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.