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remove

/ɹɪˈmuːv/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of removing something.

  • (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

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

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

  • Distance in time or space; interval.

  • (by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.

  • The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

  • The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

verb

Meaning

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

    "He removed the marbles from the bag."

  • To murder.

  • To dismiss a batsman.

  • To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

  • To depart, leave.

  • To change one's residence; to move.

  • To dismiss or discharge from office.

    "The President removed many postmasters."

Synonyms

unstay