remote

[rɪˈmoʊt]

Definition:
1. Far distant in space.
2. Very unlikely.
3. Far distant in time.

Use 'remote' in a sentence:

• 1. Most VCRs can be programmed using a remote control handset.
• 2. I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun.
• 3. She is interested in remote trail rides.
• 4. I was working the overnight shift in a remote hospital in the Rocky Mountains.
• 5. His theories are somewhat remote from reality.
• 6. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider.
• 7. He flipped through the channels with the remote.
• 8. This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people.
• 9. Teenagers are forced to study subjects that seem remote from their daily lives.
• 10. Yes, signal from radios, cell phones, TV stations, remote controls, you name it.
• 11. A machine designed for remote areas with bumpy roads and a host of other calamities.
• 12. Statistically our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote.
• 13. In remote mountain areas, voters arrived on horseback.
• 14. Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
• 15. The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
• 16. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
• 17. It is possible to plug into remote databases to pick up information.
• 18. The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.
• 19. He reached for the remote control and pressed the "play" button.
• 20. The quake destroyed mud buildings in many remote villages.
• 21. In remote regions, the air is pure and the crops are free of poisonous insecticides.
• 22. The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
• 23. The bomb was detonated by remote control.
• 24. He reached for the remote control and pressed the 'play' button.
• 25. This is true with anything: your watch, a remote control, even your relationships.
• 26. The chances of the disease being transferred to humans is extremely remote.
• 27. Bear in mind that gas stations are scarce in the more remote areas.
• 28. I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.
• 29. Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past and formed this hole.
• 30. Richard picked up the remote control and turned on the television.
• 31. The bandits fled to a remote mountain hideaway.
• 32. Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.
• 33. The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television.
• 34. They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car.
• 35. Many folk-tales have come down from a very remote past.
• 36. The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
• 37. It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
• 38. I think the chances of getting reforms accepted by the community at large remain extremely remote.
• 39. The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
• 40. A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.
• 41. Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
• 42. The legend goes ( or can be traced) back to remote antiquity.
• 43. She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.
• 44. A flying doctor service operates in remote regions.
• 45. There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
• 46. The military truck was taking 14 men on exercise in a remote area of Norway.
• 47. The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.
• 48. Bear in mind that petrol stations are scarce in the more remote areas.
• 49. I can't find the remote control.
• 50. It works by remote control.