noun
                                                a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
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                                                                                                                                                                        remote control
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
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                                                                                                        - he lost the remote for his TV
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                located far away spatially
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                                                                                                        - distant lands
- remote stars
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                very unlikely
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                                                                                                        - an outside chance
- a remote possibility
- a remote contingency
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                separate or apart in time
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                                                                                                        - distant events
- the remote past or future
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                inaccessible and sparsely populated
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                                                                                                                                                                        outback(a)
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a distant cousin
- a remote relative
- a distant likeness
- considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics