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remote
Adjective
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Something that is remote is a long way off, distant, not near anything.
The internet is a powerful tool for bringing modern medicine to remote areas.
She walked to a remote corner of the farm, so she could be alone.
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When a television or radio broadcast is remote, it is done in someplace other than a studio
The reporter did a live remote broadcast from the scene of the fire.
remote
Noun
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A remote is something used to change the volume or channel on a television.
I wanted to change the channel after the show ended, but the remote was under the couch.
clock
Noun
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A clock is an instrument that tells you what the time is. A small clock which you carry is called a watch.
He was sleepy, and the clock said 11:32.
The digital clock on the wall tells her that it is almost six-thirty.
She'd never before been in a house which did not have a clock ticking somewhere.
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# If a clock is fast, it shows a time after the real time.
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#: He looked at the clock and then at his watch: The clock was nine minutes fast. He still had some time.
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# If a clock is slow, it shows a time before the real time.
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If something goes around the clock, it goes for 24 hours without stop.
His family stayed at Scott's bedside around the clock.
The museum is open around the clock from May 26 at 12:01 a.m. through May 28 at 11:59 p.m.
clock
Verb
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If you clock something, you measure how long it takes or how fast it moves.
The police clocked the car at 137 km/h.
The drive took twenty-two minutes; he clocked it.
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If something clocks a time or a speed, it takes that long or moves that fast.
The trip clocks in at about 12 hours.
He clocked 9.12 seconds, a new world record.
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If you clock in or out at work, school, etc., you record the time they arrive or leave.
He clocked in at four a.m. for a twelve-hour shift.
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If you clock up a number of things, you reach that total after some time.
Because I drive one hour to work, I'm clocking up a lot of miles.
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If you clock someone, you hit them hard in the head.
He might take some time to wake up. He got clocked pretty good.