remote in English: Far away from towns and people; also the small control you point at a television. (adjective)

Translation

Far away from towns and people; also the small control you point at a television.

Word origin

From Latin remotus, meaning moved back or moved away, from the verb removere.

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A remote place is far from cities and hard to reach.

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"The remote" is short for "the remote control".

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A remote chance is a very small chance.

far

A long way from here, or a long way from another place.

distant

Far away in space or in time; not close.

island

A piece of land with water all around it.

control

The power to make a person, an animal, or a machine do what you want.

near

A short way from something, and not far from it.

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