remote

Etymology

From Middle English, 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)

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• 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.

2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

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

3. Unlikely.

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

4. Emotionally detached.

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

Noun

remote (plural remotes)

1. Short for 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.

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.
   • (Can we date this quote?), 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• remote in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• remote at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -ometer, emoter, meteor, ometer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈmɔː.t̪e], /reˈmɔte/

Adjective

remote f pl

1. feminine plural of remoto

Anagrams

• temerò

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