remote

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
  2. adjective located far away spatially
  3. adjective very unlikely

Etymology

From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

remote control

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