remote

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

   They lost the remote for the TV.

2. 2
   adj

   At a distance; disconnected.

   A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

3. 3
   adj

   Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

4. 4
   adj

   Slight.

   There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

5. 5
   adj

   Emotionally detached.

   After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

6. 6
   noun

   Ellipsis of remote control.

   I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

7. 7
   verb

   to remove (from something or someone)

   These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into a server or locally executing SharePoint cmdlets.

8. 8
   adj

   inaccessible and sparsely populated

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”).