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Meaning of remote | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
[ɹɪˈməʊt]

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of remote control.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. At a distance; disconnected
  3. That it finds distant or section.
  4. Distant or otherwise inaccessible
  5. vaag بصورةٍ بَعيدَه отдалечено remotamente vzdáleně; slabě fern fjernt αμυδράremotamente, lejanamente kaugelt دور افتاده؛ ابدا etäisesti au loin; faiblementבכלל לא दूर के udaljeno halványan, közvetve; távolról secara jauh lítillega; í fjarska lontanamente; debolmente 遠く 원격으로 atokiai, bent kiek, nors kiek []tāli; neskaidri dari jauh ver weg, in het minstfjernt, avsides, absolutt ikke odlegle په لرى توب، په وړاندې، توب vagamente departe; slab в малой степени vzdialene; slabo oddaljeno udaljeno ...
  6. An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
  7. Said of animals, that is heavy and fat, and therefore has little resistance, tires easily.
  8. Slight
  9. vaagheid بُعْد отдалеченост afastamento vzdálenost, odlehlost die Ferne afstand μεγάλη απόσταση, ψυχρότηταalejamiento kaugus دور افتادگی kaukaisuus éloignement; faible degré ריחוק दूरी, अलगाव udaljenost, daljina távolság jarak jauh fjarlægð lontananza 遠さ 멀리 떨어짐 atokumas tālums, attālinātība kejauhan afgelegenheidfjernhet, avsides beliggenhet oddalenie په لرى والى، وړياتوب وړاندى والى afastamento depărtare отдалённость vzdialenosť, odľahlosť oddaljenost udaljenost avlägsenhet ความห่างไกล uzakl...
  10. A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
  11. Emotionally detached
  12. the control of eg a switch or other device from a distance, by means of radio waves etc. The model plane is operated by remote control. afstandbeheer جِهاز تَحَكُّم مِن بُعْد дистанционно управление controle à distância / controle remoto dálkové ovládání die Fernsteuerung fjernkontrol τηλεχειριστήριοmando a distancia kaugjuhtimine کنترل از راه دور از طریق امواج رادیویی kaukosäädin télécommande שָׁלַט רָחוֹק दूरी से नियंत्रण daljinski upravljač távirányítás; táirányító, -kapcsoló pengendali ja...
    eg
  13. Ellipsis of remote control
  14. remoto-a, distante.
  15. Located far away; distant in space.
  16. Distant in time: the remote past.
  17. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.
  18. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.
  19. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.
  20. Distant in manner; aloof.

Equivalents

Afrikaans afgeleë
العربية بعيد بعيد
Azərbaycanca əlçatmaz İraq ucqar uzaq
Беларуская далёкі
Български далечен
Català remot
Esperanto fora izolita
فارسی دور دوردست
Français distant éloigné loin télécommande
Gaeilge iargúlta
Gàidhlig cian
עברית מרוחק שלט
हिन्दी दूर
Magyar távoli
Bahasa Indonesia jarak jauh
Italiano remote remoto
日本語 辺鄙な 遠い 遠隔な 遥かな
한국어 외딴 원격
Kurdî fern Iraq pîlot xa
Latviešu tāls
Македонски далечен
Bahasa Melayu terpencil
Polski daleki oddalony odległy pilot zdalny
Slovenčina ďaleký
Slovenščina daleč
Türkçe kumanda uzak
Українська далекий пульт
اردو دور

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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