remote
[ɹɪˈmoʊt]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
adj
noun
noun
An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
noun
A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
Example Sentences
- "A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset."
- "remote workers"
- "After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost."
- "There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes."
- "They have a very remote chance of winning."
- "You have a remote resemblance to my grandmother."
Etymology
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-, remote, remot, remotus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ɹɪˈmoʊt]
- British English: [ɹɪˈməʊt]
Inflected Forms
more remote (comparative)
remoter (comparative)
most remote (superlative)
remotest (superlative)
remotes (plural)
remotes (present, singular)
remoting (participle, present)
remoted (participle, past)
remoted (past)