remote
noun/rɪˈməʊt/
/rɪˈməʊt/
(also zapper)
- (informal) a remote control (= a device that allows you to operate a television, etc. from a distance)
- The remote's not working.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘far apart’): from Latin remotus ‘removed’, past participle of removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.
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