How to Use "Remote" with Example Sentences

remote (adj): distant; far away

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Used with nouns:

"Can I have the remote control?"
(control)

"The movie is about a remote galaxy."
(galaxy, country, island, location, place)

"I think there is a remote possibility that she will go."
(possibility, chance)

"In the remote past, people hunted and gathered."
(past)

"My remote ancestors came from there."
(ancestors, cousins)

"She has remote access to my computer."
(access)

"I may have children in the remote future."
(future)

"They live in a remote area."
(area, region, village, town)

Used with adverbs:

"They live in a geographically remote region."
(geographically, very)

"It's a fairly remote possibility she will retire."
(fairly, very, extremely)

"We live in a relatively remote area."
(relatively)

Used with prepositions:

"This place is remote from civilization."
(from)