Definition of 'remove'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense removes
, present participle removing
, past tense, past participle removed
3. verb
If you remove a stain from something, you make the stain disappear by treating it with a chemical
or by washing it.
4. verb
If people remove someone from power or from something such as a committee, they stop them being in power or being a member of the committee.
The president could only be removed from power once free elections were organised. [VERB noun from noun]
5. verb
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remove in British English
verb (mainly tr)
1.
to take away and place elsewhere
6. (intransitive) formal
to change the location of one's home or place of business
the publishers have removed to Toronto
noun
8.
the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another
only one remove from madness
9. 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
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Derived forms
removable (reˈmovable) adjective
removability (reˌmovaˈbility) or removableness (reˈmovableness)
noun
removably (reˈmovably)
adverb
remover (reˈmover)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see moveWord Frequency
remove in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈmoved or reˈmoving
1.
2.
to take off
to remove one's coat
3.
to do away with
; specif.,a.
to kill or assassinate
b.
to dismiss, as from an office or position
verb intransitive
5. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
to go away
6.
to move away, as to another residence or place of business; move
7.
to be removable
paint that removes easily
noun
8.
the act of removing
9.
the distance between one thing and another
living at a far remove from here
11. British
a move to another residence or place of business
a formal usageWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word Frequency
remove in American English
(rɪˈmuːv) (verb -moved, -moving)
transitive verb
1.
to move from a place or position; take away or off
to remove the napkins from the table
4.
to put out; send away
to remove a tenant
6.
to take away, withdraw, or eliminate
to remove the threat of danger
7.
to get rid of; do away with; put an end to
to remove a stain
to remove the source of disease
8.
to kill; assassinate
intransitive verb
9.
to move from one place to another, esp. to another locality or residence
We remove to Newport early in July
10.
to go away; depart; disappear
noun
SYNONYMS 1. dislodge. 3. displace, transport. 8. murder.ANTONYMS 1. leave. 9. remain.11.
the act of removing
12.
a removal from one place, as of residence, to another
13.
the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another
to see something at a remove
14.
a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience
to criticize something at a remove
15.
a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite
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remove
British English: remove
/rɪˈmuːv/ VERB
If you remove something from a place, you take it away.
He went to the refrigerator and removed a bottle of milk.
- American English: remove /rɪˈmuv/
- Arabic: يُزيِلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: remover
- Chinese: 移走
- Croatian: ukloniti
- Czech: odstranit
- Danish: fjerne
- Dutch: verwijderen
- European Spanish: suprimir quitar
- Finnish: siirtää
- French: retirer
- German: entfernen
- Greek: αφαιρώ
- Italian: eliminare
- Japanese: 移す
- Korean: 제거하다
- Norwegian: fjerne
- Polish: usunąć
- European Portuguese: remover
- Romanian: a scoate
- Russian: удалять
- Latin American Spanish: suprimir
- Swedish: flytta ändra läge
- Thai: หยิบออก
- Turkish: kaldırmak
- Ukrainian: видаляти
- Vietnamese: dời đi
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