1. Adjective form
Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
2. Adjective form
Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
3. Adjective form
Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
4. Adjective form
Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
5. Adjective form
Separate; abstracted.
6. Adjective form
Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
7. Adjective form
Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
8. Adjective form
Separated by intervals greater than usual.
9. Adjective
unlikely to occur; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"
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