Remoteness Meaning
/riˈmoʊtnəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being remote.
Sentence Examples
Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.
Remoteness isn't measured in distance.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the island made it hard to deliver medical supplies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the village made it difficult to attract doctors and teachers to work there.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Then 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."
— 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the island made it hard to deliver medical supplies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the village made it difficult to attract doctors and teachers to work there.