Remote Areas Remotest Adjective Bre Rɪˈməʊt Rɪˈmoʊt Beach

• a remote beach
• one of the remotest areas of the world
• the farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
• in the remote past/future

remote

1. far away from places where other people live
• synonym isolated
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/isolated
• a remote beach
• one of the remotest areas of the world
• The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
2. far away in time
• synonym distant
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/distant
• in the remote past/future
• a remote ancestor (= who lived a long time ago)
3. not closely related
• synonym distant
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/distant
• a remote cousin
4. that you can connect to from far away, using an electronic link
• a remote terminal/database
5. very different from something
• His theories are somewhat remote from reality.
• A novel should not be too remote from the experiences of its readers.
6. not very friendly or interested in other people
• synonym aloof
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/aloof
7. not very great
• synonym slight
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/slight_1
• There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
• I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.

Extra Examples

• Jane felt remote from what was going on around her.
• a fairly remote possibility
• geographically remote areas
• rural areas that are relatively remote
• At that time, a new school building was just a remote dream.
• He somehow remains a remote figure.
• There are many facts about the remote past and the remote future that we cannot know.
• When he spoke, his voice was cold and remote.
• a remote ancestor

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘far apart’): from Latin remotus ‘removed’, past participle of removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.