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remove
[ri-moov]
verb (used with object)
to move from a place or position; take away or off.
to remove the napkins from the table.
Synonyms: dislodgeAntonyms: leaveto take off or shed (an article of clothing).
to remove one's jacket.
to move or shift to another place or position; transfer.
She removed the painting to another wall.
to put out; send away.
to remove a tenant.
to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge.
They removed him for embezzling.
to take away, withdraw, or eliminate.
to remove the threat of danger.
to get rid of; do away with; put an end to.
to remove a stain;
to remove the source of disease.
to kill; assassinate.
Synonyms: murder
verb (used without object)
to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence.
We remove to Newport early in July.
Antonyms: remainto go away; depart; disappear.
noun
the act of removing.
a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another.
to see something at a remove.
a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience.
to criticize something at a remove.
a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc..
a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
British., a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.
remove
/ rɪˈmuːv /
verb
to take away and place elsewhere
to displace (someone) from office; dismiss
to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc); abolish
to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of
euphemistic, to assassinate; kill
formal, (intr) to change the location of one's home or place of business
the publishers have removed to Mayfair
noun
the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work
the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another
only one remove from madness
(in certain schools) a class or form, esp one for children of about 14 years, designed to introduce them to the greater responsibilities of a more senior position in the school
(at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table
Other Word Forms
- preremove verb (used with object)
- removable adjective
- removably adverb
- removability noun
- remover noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of remove1
Example Sentences
After Labour lost control of eight English councils and lost the seat of Hartlepool in a parliamentary by-election in May 2021, the deputy leader was removed from her post as party chairwoman.
The Chargers are eight months removed from a hopelessly flat showing in a first-round playoff loss to the Houston Texans.
In 1850, Sacramento’s sheriff and mayor died while attempting to remove white squatters, in what was quickly deemed the Squatter Riot.
BurnBot hopes to thwart human–started fires by removing flammable grasses along common ignition points, like roadways and power lines.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who belongs to Thailand's most powerful political dynasty, was removed by the constitutional court last week for ethical violations over her handling of the border dispute with Cambodia.
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