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{
"term": "remote",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "far away from places where other people live",
"sensetop": "remote from something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **remote village/island/location/region**"
},
{
"text": "a remote community"
},
{
"text": "a remote part of the country"
},
{
"text": "a remote beach"
},
{
"text": "one of the **remotest areas** of the world"
},
{
"text": "The area is remote, mountainous, and roadless."
},
{
"text": "The site is remote from major population centres.",
"contextForm": "remote from something"
},
{
"text": "The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings."
},
{
"text": "geographically remote areas"
},
{
"text": "rural areas that are relatively remote"
}
],
"synonyms": "isolated",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "far away in time",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "in the remote past/future"
},
{
"text": "a remote ancestor *(= who lived a long time ago)*"
},
{
"text": "There are many facts about the remote past and the remote future that we cannot know."
}
],
"synonyms": "distant",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not closely related",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a remote cousin"
}
],
"synonyms": "distant"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to describe working away from a usual place, using communications technology",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Remote working** has become the norm for many organizations."
},
{
"text": "Many people are working in remote or hybrid environments."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "that you can connect to from far away, using an electronic link",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **remote terminal/database/server**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "very different from something",
"sensetop": "remote (from something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His theories are somewhat remote from reality."
},
{
"text": "A novel should not be too remote from the experiences of its readers."
},
{
"text": "Jane felt remote from what was going on around her."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "not very friendly or interested in other people",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When he spoke, his voice was cold and remote."
},
{
"text": "He somehow remains a remote figure."
}
],
"synonyms": "aloof, distant"
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "not very great",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is still a **remote chance** that they will find her alive."
},
{
"text": "I don't have **the remotest idea** what you're talking about."
},
{
"text": "At that time, a new school building was just a remote dream."
},
{
"text": "a fairly remote possibility"
}
],
"synonyms": "slight",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈməʊt/",
"audio": "re/remote/remote__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈməʊt/",
"audio": "re/remote/remote__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘far apart’): from Latin remotus ‘removed’, past participle of removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’."
}