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remote [rɪˈməʊt]1. adjectivea. [place] ( = distant) éloigné ; ( = isolated) isolé• in the remote past/future dans un passé/avenir lointain• subjects that seem remote from our daily lives des questions qui paraissent sans rapport avec notre vie quotidiennec. ( = slight) [possibility] vagued. ( = aloof) [person] distant2. nounalso remote control télécommande f3. compounds* * *[rɪ'məʊt]1) ( distant) [era] lointain; [antiquity] haut; [ancestor, country, planet] éloignéin the remote future/past — dans un avenir/passé lointain
2) [area, village] isolé4) ( slight) [chance, connection] vague, infimethere is only a remote possibility that — il est très peu probable que (+ subj)
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A nB adj1 ( distant) [era] lointain ; [antiquity] haut ; [ancestor, country, planet] éloigné ; in the remote future/past dans un avenir/passé lointain ; in the remote distance au lointain ; in the remotest corner of Asia au fin fond de l'Asie ;2 ( isolated) [area, village] isolé ; remote from society à l'écart de la société ; the leaders are too remote from the people les dirigeants sont isolés du peuple ;4 ( slight) [chance, connection, resemblance] vague, infime ; I haven't (got) the remotest idea je n'en ai pas la moindre idée ; there is only a remote possibility that they survived il est très peu probable qu'ils aient survécu ;5 Comput [printer, terminal] satellite.
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