REMOTE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

very unlikely

Example: an outside chance; a remote possibility; a remote contingency

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

inaccessible and sparsely populated

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

located far away spatially

Example: distant lands; remote stars

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

separate or apart in time

Example: distant events; the remote past or future

Part of speech: Adjective

far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

Example: a distant cousin; a remote relative; a distant likeness; considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics

Part of speech: Noun

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

Example: he lost the remote for his TV

The word "remote" comes from Latin remotus. It started in Old French remot. Then it appeared in Middle English remote.

Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.