remove

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

remove

past (v2)

removed

past participle (v3)

removed

present participle

removing

3rd person singular

removes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

removes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To delete.

2. 2.To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

   • He removed the marbles from the bag.
   • His first indication of coming events was to remove the key from the outside to the inside of the door.
   • Now that she was rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.

3. 3.To murder.

4. 4.To dismiss a batsman.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The act of removing something.

   • And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
   • This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.
   • There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.

2. 2.(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.

3. 3.Distance in time or space; interval.

4. 4.A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").

   • A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.
   • In his unfortunate absence at this far remove of 2007, Zevon's musicianship and irascible wit are as missed as ever.
   • Thus though this degree of faith is but one remove from disbelief, (denial) nevertheless as much probability is given to one side of the question as the other, and we stand, as it were, on an average between two.

Overall

Common· #932

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• take
• withdraw

Word family

• move
• removal