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remoteness
CEFRB2
/riˈmoʊtnəs/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The state of being far away or distant.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe quality of being remote.
Examples
Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.
Remoteness isn't measured in distance.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
Deep Dive
More examples
In contextThen again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered.
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Origin
noun
From remote + -ness.