adjective / noun
remote
rih-MOHT/rɪˈməʊt/
Situated at a distance from the main location.
Their remote cabin sits miles from the nearest town.
Etymology
Something remote is, at root, “moved away.” Physical distance broadened into distance in time or connection, and a remote chance is similarly far from being realized.
In context
week at Roaring Abel’s she felt as if years had separated her from her old life and all the people she had known in it. They were beginning to seem remote—dream-like—far-away
More examples
- Her remote job lets her work from home.
- I use the remote to turn down the volume.
- The radio station broadcasts a live remote from the county fair.
Forms
remote · remoter · remotest · remotes
remotely adverb — From a distance or another location.
remoteness noun — The state of being far away.