removal
//ɹɪˈmuː.vəl//
Forms
- Plural
- removals
Definitions
1.The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
- Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals.
- The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.
- At the same time, there have been significant grubbings of these pears, especially in Tasmania where removals have been assisted by the Fruit Growing Reconstruction Scheme.
2.The relocation of a business etc.
3.The dismissal of someone from office.
- The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.
4.An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4598
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Proto-Italic *wremoweō
Latin removeō
Old French removoir
Anglo-Norman removerbor.
Middle English removen