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English to English adjective
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far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship |  | Example: a distant cousin
a remote relative
a distant likeness
considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
source: wordnet30
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Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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located far away spatially | | Example: distant lands
remote stars
source: wordnet30
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very unlikely | | Example: an outside chance
a remote possibility
a remote contingency
source: wordnet30
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separate or apart in time | | Example: distant events
the remote past or future
source: wordnet30
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inaccessible and sparsely populated | | source: wordnet30 noun
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a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance | | Example: he lost the remote for his TV
source: wordnet30
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