Meaning

2 senses
  1. An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

  2. A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.

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

Examples

259 sentences
  1. We sat talking about the remote past.

    Ми сиділи, спілкуючись про далеке минуле. — mutternoise

  2. The TV remote isn't working.

    Пульт не працює. — deniko

    ruПульт не работает. — marafon

    deDie Fernbedienung funktioniert nicht. — toivo

  3. Hand me the remote.

    Подай мені пульт. — deniko

    ruПодай мне пульт. — odexed

    deGib mir mal die Fernbedienung! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. How does this remote work?

    Як цей пульт працює? — deniko

    ruКак этот пульт работает? — marafon

  5. The TV remote control is under the couch.

    Пульт від телевізора під диваном. — Ahha

    ruПульт от телевизора под диваном. — al_ex_an_der

    deDie Fernbedienung liegt unter dem Sofa. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin

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”).

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Forms

plural: remotes
Singularremote
Pluralremotes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance:remote control

Collocations

4 patterns
  • the remote control
  • remote control
  • the tv remote
  • tv remote

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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