noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being remote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
remoteness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aloofness, standoffishness, withdrawnness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unsociability, unsociableness
Narrower terms: unapproachability
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being remote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farness, farawayness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distance
Narrower terms: far cry
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English remote Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English remoteness From remote + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: адда́ленасць (addáljenascʹ) — quality of being remote
- Bulgarian: отдалеченост (otdalečenost) — quality of being remote
- Bulgarian: усамотеност (usamotenost) — quality of being remote
- Estonian: kaugus — quality of being remote
- Finnish: syrjäisyys — quality of being remote
- French: éloignement — quality of being remote
- Georgian: სიშორე (sišore) — quality of being remote
- Georgian: დაშორებულობა (dašorebuloba) — quality of being remote
- Georgian: განცალკევებულობა (gancalḳevebuloba) — quality of being remote
- German: Abgelegenheit — quality of being remote
- Hiligaynon: distánsya — quality of being remote
- Hindi: दूरी (dūrī) — quality of being remote
- Irish: ciandacht — quality of being remote
- Irish: iargúltacht — quality of being remote
- Latin: longinquitās — quality of being remote
- Latin: distantia — quality of being remote
- Persian: دوری (duri) — quality of being remote
- Polish: oddalenie — quality of being remote
- Portuguese: longinquidade — quality of being remote
- Russian: да́льность (dálʹnostʹ) — quality of being remote
- Russian: удалённость (udaljónnostʹ) — quality of being remote
- Russian: отдалённость (otdaljónnostʹ) — quality of being remote
- Sanskrit: परत्व (paratva) — quality of being remote
- Scottish Gaelic: cian — quality of being remote
- Spanish: lejanía — quality of being remote
- Swedish: avlägsenhet — quality of being remote
- Tajik: дурӣ (duri) — quality of being remote
- Ukrainian: відда́леність (viddálenistʹ) — quality of being remote
- Urdu: دوری (dūrī) — quality of being remote
- Welsh: pellter — quality of being remote
- Welsh: pellenigrwydd — quality of being remote