remote English · revision 5374

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1420|origins=la removēre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /rɪˈməʊt/, /rəˈməʊt/, US /rɪˈmoʊt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|remot]], feminine remote, or directly from [[la|remōtus|t=far off, distant]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the past participle of [[m|la|removēre|t=to move back or away]], from [[m|la|re-|t=back, away]] and [[m|la|movēre|t=to move]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) It is related to [[remove]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Far apart, at a distance from each other: about 1420 in the OED, about 1440 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Hoad notes it was rare before the late 16th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Distant” in any sense is from the 1590s:^(Etymonline) far off in place from 1590, out of the way or secluded from 1611, and distant in time from 1712.^(OED 1989) Slight or faint, of resemblances or chances, is by 1711.^(Etymonline) ''Remote control'', controlling from a distance, is recorded from 1904, and as a device for this from 1920.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The noun, a broadcast from outside a studio and a remote control, is in the American Heritage Dictionary.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1420 – far apart.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1590 – far off.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – secluded.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1711 – slight.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1904 – ''remote control''.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Far away in distance; far from towns or people: ''a remote village''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Distant in time.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Slight: ''a remote chance''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Distantly related or connected.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Unfriendly or [[aloof]] in manner.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Operating or controlled from a distance, as by a [[computer]] network.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[remote control]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remotely]]

+ * [[remoteness]]

+ * [[unremote]]

+ * [[remote control]]

+ * [[remote sensing]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remove]]

+ * [[motion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}