noun
Meaning 1
The act of removing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
remove
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmuːv/
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Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈmuv/
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Australian: /ɹɪˈmʉːv/
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New-Zealand: /ɹəˈmʉːv/
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rhymes with -uːv
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 M UW1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 3
(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Distance in time or space; interval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Emotional distance or indifference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
Meaning 7
State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
Meaning 8
The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 9
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
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verb
Meaning 10
To delete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He removed the marbles from the bag.
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verb
Meaning 12
To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
To replace a dish within a course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To dismiss a batsman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 15
To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 16
To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 17
To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 18
To dismiss or discharge from office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The President removed many postmasters.
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noun
Meaning 19
degree of figurative distance or separation or;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- just one remove from madness
- it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distance
verb
Meaning 20
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- remove a threat
- remove a wrapper
- Remove the dirty dishes from the table
- take the gun from your pocket
- This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take, take away, withdraw
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: epilate, depilate, harvest, tip, stem, extirpate, enucleate, exenterate, decorticate, bail, strip, undress, divest, disinvest, ablate, clean, pick, winnow, clear, clear up, muck, lift, tear away, tear off, take off, take away, take out, pit, stone, seed, unhinge, shuck, hull, crumb, chip away, chip away at, burl, knock out, scavenge, hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise, degas, husk, shell, bur, burr, clear off, clear away, flick, dismantle, defang, bone, debone, disembowel, eviscerate, draw, tusk, detusk, dehorn, scalp, weed, condense, bail out, bale out, leach, decalcify, detoxify, detoxicate, de-ionate, de-iodinate, decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke, delouse, ream, brush, wash, wash out, wash off, wash away, desorb, pull, demineralize, demineralise, eliminate, expectorate, clear out, drive out, carve out, defuse, dredge, wear away, wear off, amputate, cut off, resect, skim, skim off, cream off, cream, scale, descale, circumcise, undock, dig, delve, cut into, turn over, excavate, hollow, scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up, extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, unstring, string, wipe off, wipe away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off, unveil, unpack, unburden, disburden, empty, discharge, unsaddle, offsaddle, shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop, dislodge, free, aspirate, suck out, delete, cancel, ladle, lade, laden, spoon, gut, head, draw off, draw away, pull off, get out, withdraw
verb
Meaning 21
go away or leave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He absented himself
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: absent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disappear, vanish, go away
verb
Meaning 22
get rid of something abstract
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage
- God takes away your sins
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take away
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: wash away
verb
Meaning 23
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He removed his children to the countryside
- Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city
- remove a case to another court
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transfer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transfer, shift
verb
Meaning 24
dispose of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Get rid of these old shoes!
- The company got rid of all the dead wood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: get rid of
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away, slough off, weed out, comb out, work off, cull, dump, ditch, unmuzzle, deaerate, de-aerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, defat, defibrinate, degrease, deionize, delist, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, desulphurize, detick, devein, fettle, flesh, flense, kern, pith, scum, unbridle
verb
Meaning 25
remove from a position or an office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: unseat, oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel, displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate, drop, pull off, winkle out, invalid, bench
verb
Meaning 26
cause to leave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The teacher took the children out of the classroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take out, move out
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: clear, call in, estrange
verb
Meaning 27
kill intentionally and with premeditation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
Narrower terms: burke, execute
History
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 English remove From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran.
Across languages
Translations
176 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: verwyder — to take away
- Albanian: fshi — to take away
- Albanian: hiq — to take away
- Arabic: نَقَلَ (naqala) — to take away
- Arabic: أَزَالَ (ʔazāla) — to take away
- Arabic: أَخْرَجَ (ʔaḵraja) — to take away
- Arabic: جَذَبَ (jaḏaba) — to take away
- Armenian: հանել (hanel) — to take away
- Aromanian: scot — to take away
- Basque: kendu — to take away
- Central Bikol: hali — to take away
- Central Bikol: tangkas — to take away
- Bulgarian: отстранявам (otstranjavam) — to take away
- Catalan: treure — to take away
- Catalan: llevar — to take away
- Catalan: retirar — to take away
- Chinese Mandarin: 除去 (chúqù) — to take away
- Chinese Mandarin: 消除 (xiāochú) — to take away
- Czech: odebrat — to take away
- Czech: odstranit — to take away
- Dalmatian: scutro — to take away
- Danish: fjerne — to take away
- Dutch: verwijderen — to take away
- Dutch: weghalen — to take away
- Esperanto: forigi — to take away
- Esperanto: forpreni — to take away
- Finnish: ottaa — to take away
- Finnish: poistaa — to take away
- Finnish: siirtää — to take away
- French: enlever — to take away
- French: ôter — to take away
- Friulian: rimovi — to take away
- Friulian: eliminâ — to take away
- Friulian: jevâ — to take away
- Galician: quitar — to take away
- Galician: extraer — to take away
- German: entfernen — to take away
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (usniman) — to take away
- Greek: βγάζω (vgázo) — to take away
- Hebrew: הסיר (hesír) — to take away
- Hindi: हटाना (haṭānā) — to take away
- Hindi: अलग करना (alag karnā) — to take away
- Hungarian: eltávolít — to take away
- Hungarian: elmozdít — to take away
- Hungarian: elvesz — to take away
- Hungarian: kivesz — to take away
- Hungarian: levesz — to take away
- Hungarian: elvisz — to take away
- Hungarian: leszed — to take away
- Irish: scaoil — to take away
- Italian: rimuovere — to take away
- Italian: asportare — to take away
- Italian: levare — to take away
- Italian: togliere — to take away
- Italian: portare via — to take away
- Italian: estirpare — to take away
- Italian: eradicare — to take away
- Italian: allontanare — to take away
- Japanese: 移す (utsusu) — to take away
- Japanese: 除く (nozoku) — to take away
- Japanese: 取り去る (torisaru) — to take away
- Japanese: 退ける (dokeru, nokeru) — to take away
- Kazakh: аластау (alastau) — to take away
- Khmer: យកចេញ (yɔɔ kɑɑ cəɲ, yɔɔk cəɲ) — to take away
- Korean: 치우다 (chiuda) — to take away
- Central Kurdish: جولاندن (culandin) — to take away
- Central Kurdish: لابردن (labirdin) — to take away
- Latin: removeō — to take away
- Latin: auferō — to take away
- Latin: adimō — to take away
- Latvian: noņemt — to take away
- Latvian: aizvākt — to take away
- Lingala: botola — to take away
- Lithuanian: šalinti — to take away
- Maltese: neħħa — to take away
- Māori: karokaro — to take away
- Māori: tauwehe — to take away
- Marshallese: eakto — to take away
- Marshallese: bōk — to take away
- Norwegian: fjerne — to take away
- Norwegian: ta bort — to take away
- Occitan: levar — to take away
- Occitan: traire — to take away
- Old English: āfierran — to take away
- Persian: برداشتن (bardâštan) — to take away
- Polabian: afstöŕăl — to take away
- Polish: usuwać — to take away
- Polish: usunąć — to take away
- Polish: odejmować — to take away
- Polish: odjąć — to take away
- Portuguese: remover — to take away
- Portuguese: tirar — to take away
- Portuguese: retirar — to take away
- Quechua: hurquy — to take away
- Romanian: scoate — to take away
- Romanian: îndepărta — to take away
- Romansh: allontanar — to take away
- Russian: устраня́ть (ustranjátʹ) — to take away
- Russian: убира́ть (ubirátʹ) — to take away
- Sanskrit: जिहर्ति (jiharti) — to take away
- Sanskrit: हरति (harati) — to take away
- Sardinian: iscotare — to take away
- Sardinian: istejare — to take away
- Sardinian: istesare — to take away
- Sardinian: trancire — to take away
- Sicilian: livari — to take away
- Slovene: odstraniti — to take away
- Slovene: odstranjevati — to take away
- Spanish: quitar — to take away
- Spanish: remover — to take away
- Spanish: detraer — to take away
- Swedish: avlägsna — to take away
- Swedish: ta bort — to take away
- Tagalog: alisin — to take away
- Tagalog: tanggalin — to take away
- Telugu: తీయు (tīyu) — to take away
- Telugu: తొలగించు (tolagiñcu) — to take away
- Thai: ลบ (lóp) — to take away
- Thai: ถอด (tɔ̀ɔt) — to take away
- Tocharian B: rutk- — to take away
- Turkish: kaldırmak — to take away
- Turkish: çıkarmak — to take away
- Turkish: uzaklaştırmak — to take away
- Ottoman Turkish: گوتورمك (götürmek) — to take away
- Ukrainian: відноси́ти (vidnosýty) — to take away
- Ukrainian: віднести́ (vidnestý) — to take away
- Ukrainian: усува́ти (usuváty) — to take away
- Ukrainian: усу́нути (usúnuty) — to take away
- Vietnamese: chuyển đi — to take away
- Vietnamese: dọn đi — to take away
- Walloon: rissaetchî — to take away
- Zazaki: wedaren — to take away
- Albanian: zhduk — to murder someone
- Bulgarian: елиминирам (eliminiram) — to murder someone
- Danish: eliminere — to murder someone
- Finnish: tehdä selvää — to murder someone
- Finnish: murhata — to murder someone
- German: beseitigen — to murder someone
- Italian: eliminare — to murder someone
- Polish: pozbyć — to murder someone
- Polish: pozbywać — to murder someone
- Slovene: likvidirati — to murder someone
- Walloon: likider — to murder someone
- Zazaki: hewaden — to murder someone
- Albanian: largo — to discard, set aside
- Albanian: zhvendos — to discard, set aside
- Danish: forkaste — to discard, set aside
- Finnish: hylätä — to discard, set aside
- German: verdrängen — to discard, set aside
- Hungarian: kiküszöböl — to discard, set aside
- Hungarian: kiiktat — to discard, set aside
- Hungarian: megszüntet — to discard, set aside
- Hungarian: eltöröl — to discard, set aside
- Hungarian: eltakarít — to discard, set aside
- Italian: scartare — to discard, set aside
- Malayalam: മാറ്റുക (māṟṟuka) — to discard, set aside
- Khiamniungan Naga: thǖvâ — to discard, set aside
- Romanian: scoate — to discard, set aside
- Romanian: da la o parte — to discard, set aside
- Ukrainian: усува́ти (usuváty) — to discard, set aside
- Ukrainian: усу́нути (usúnuty) — to discard, set aside
- Albanian: zhvendos — to change one's residence
- Bulgarian: премествам се (premestvam se) — to change one's residence
- Danish: flytte — to change one's residence
- Finnish: muuttaa — to change one's residence
- German: umziehen — to change one's residence
- Hungarian: elköltözik — to change one's residence
- Hungarian: költözik — to change one's residence
- Latvian: pārcelties — to change one's residence
- Latvian: pārvākties — to change one's residence
- Norwegian: flytte — to change one's residence
- Polish: przenieść — to change one's residence
- Polish: przeprowadzić — to change one's residence
- Slovene: preseliti — to change one's residence
- Slovene: preseljevati — to change one's residence
- Zazaki: leqnen — to change one's residence
Real reading context