Usually means: Distant, isolated from immediate area.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word remote:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. remote: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. remote: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. remote: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. remote: Collins English Dictionary
  5. remote: Vocabulary.com
  6. Remote, remote: Wordnik
  7. remote: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. remote: Wiktionary
  9. remote: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. remote: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. remote: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. remote: Dictionary.com
  13. remote: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. remote: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Remote (Apple software), Remote (Hue & Cry album), Remote (band), Remote (film), Remote (manga), Remote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Remote: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. remote: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. remote: Rhymezone
  19. remote: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. remote: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. remote: Free Dictionary
  22. remote: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. remote: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. remote: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. remote: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Remote (album), remote: Legal dictionary
  5. Remote: Radio Programming and Production
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. remote: Netlingo
  2. remote: CCI Computer
  3. remote: Hacking Lexicon
  4. Remote (album), remote: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Remote (album), remote: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Remote: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Remote: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See remotely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  At a distance; disconnected.
adjective:  Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
adjective:  (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.
adjective:  Emotionally detached.
noun:  (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
noun:  (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
verb:  (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
noun:  Ellipsis of remote control. [(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.]

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