a very remote possibility

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• remote — [[t]rɪmo͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦♦ remoter, remotest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to. Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. ...a remote… …   English dictionary

• possibility — pos|si|bil|i|ty W2S2 [ˌpɔsıˈbılıti US ˌpa: ] n plural possibilities 1.) [U and C] if there is a possibility that something is true or that something will happen, it might be true or it might happen ▪ There s always a possibility that he might go… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• remote — I UK [rɪˈməʊt] / US [rɪˈmoʊt] adjective Word forms remote : adjective remote comparative remoter superlative remotest ** 1) far away from other cities, towns, or people My grandparents were from a remote village in China. We felt very remote and… …   English dictionary

• remote — re|mote1 [ rı mout ] adjective ** ▸ 1 distant in space/time ▸ 2 unlikely ▸ 3 unfriendly ▸ 4 operated from far away ▸ 5 not connected/relevant 1. ) far away from other cities, towns, or people: ISOLATED: My grandparents were from a remote town in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• remote — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• remote — adjective 1) areas remote from hospitals Syn: faraway, distant, far, far off, far removed, extrasolar Ant: close, near 2) a remote mountain village Syn: isolate …   Thesaurus of popular words

• remote — adjective 1) a remote village Syn: isolated, faraway, distant, out of the way, off the beaten track, secluded, lonely; N.Amer. in the backwoods; informal in the middle of nowhere 2) a remote possibility Syn: unlikely, improbable …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Remote Scripting — is a technology which allows scripts running inside a browser to exchange information with a server. The local scripts can invoke scripts on the remote side and process the returned information. The earliest form of asynchronous remote scripting… …   Wikipedia

• remote — ► ADJECTIVE (remoter, remotest) 1) far away in space or time. 2) situated far from the main centres of population. 3) distantly related. 4) (often remote from) having very little connection. 5) (of a chance or possibility) unlikely to …   English terms dictionary

• remote — re|mote1 W3 [rıˈməut US ˈmout] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(far away)¦ 2¦(not likely)¦ 3¦(time)¦ 4¦(different)¦ 5¦(person)¦ 6 not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of removere; REMOVE] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• remote — 1 adjective 1 far away in space or time: remote stars | something from the remote past, dimly remembered | a remote ancestor (=someone related to you, who lived a long time ago) 2 far from towns: As a westerner I was a strange sight in this… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English