remove

[ ri-moov ]
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verb (used with object),re·moved, re·mov·ing.
  1. to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.

  2. to take off or shed (an article of clothing): to remove one's jacket.

  1. to move or shift to another place or position; transfer: She removed the painting to another wall.

  2. to put out; send away: to remove a tenant.

  3. to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge: They removed him for embezzling.

  4. to take away, withdraw, or eliminate: to remove the threat of danger.

  5. to get rid of; do away with; put an end to: to remove a stain;to remove the source of disease.

  6. to kill; assassinate.

verb (used without object),re·moved, re·mov·ing.
  1. to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.

  2. to go away; depart; disappear.

noun
  1. the act of removing.

  2. a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.

  1. the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another: to see something at a remove.

  2. a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience: to criticize something at a remove.

  3. a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.: a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.

  4. a step or degree, as in a graded scale.

  5. British. a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.

Origin of remove

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English verb remeven, remefen, remoeven, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre; see re-, move

Other words for remove

Opposites for remove

Other words from remove

  • pre·re·move, verb (used with object), pre·re·moved, pre·re·mov·ing.

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How to use remove in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for remove

remove

/ (rɪˈmuːv) /


verb(mainly tr)
  1. to take away and place elsewhere

  2. to displace (someone) from office; dismiss

  1. to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc); abolish

  2. to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of

  3. euphemistic to assassinate; kill

  4. (intr) formal to change the location of one's home or place of business: the publishers have removed to Mayfair

noun
  1. the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work

  2. the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another: only one remove from madness

  1. British (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

  2. (at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table

Origin of remove

1
C14: from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see move

Derived forms of remove

  • removable, adjective
  • removability or removableness, noun
  • removably, adverb
  • remover, noun

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