# remove

Pronunciation: say "ri-MOOV" /ɹɪˈmuːv/

## Verb

1. To move something from one place to another, especially by taking it away.
   - Simple: To take something away from where it is and put it somewhere else.
   - _Workers remove the snow from the sidewalk each winter._
   - _He removed the painting from the wall to clean it._
2. To get rid of something so that it no longer exists or appears, such as text or data, a mark, or a problem or feeling.
   - Simple: To get rid of something, like words in a file, a stain, or a worry.
   - _Remove the duplicate entries before exporting the spreadsheet._
   - _The editor removed two paragraphs from the final draft._
3. To dismiss or discharge someone from a job, office, or position.
   - Simple: To force someone to leave their job or position.
   - _Congress has the power to remove a president through impeachment._
   - _The committee removed him from his post for misconduct._
6. To kill someone deliberately and unlawfully; to murder.
   - Simple: To kill a person, especially on purpose.
   - _The crime boss ordered his men to remove the informant quietly._
   - _They removed two rivals before the police caught on._
11. In cricket, to dismiss a batsman, ending their stay at the crease.
   - Simple: In cricket, to get a batter out and end their turn at bat.
   - _The off-spinner removed both openers within three overs._
   - _Bowlers who remove top-order batsmen early can change the course of a match._

## Noun

4. A distance or degree of separation between things in space, time, or relationship, as in "at one remove".
   - Simple: How far apart two things are, in place, time, or how closely they are connected.
   - _The events happened at a considerable remove from one another in time._
   - _Most of what we know about the battle reaches us at one remove, through letters written by the soldiers' families._
7. A state of emotional distance or detachment from something, which can make one cool toward it or able to judge it objectively.
   - Simple: A feeling of being distant from something, so you do not feel strongly about it.
   - _There was a cool remove in her voice as she described the breakup._
   - _He greeted the news with a certain remove, oddly detached from it all._

## Noun

5. The act of moving or transferring someone or something from one place to another; a removal. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: The act of moving someone or something to another place.
10. A relocation of one's home or business from one place to another; a move. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A move of your home or business to a new place.

## Verb

8. To change one's home or place of business; to move. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To go and live or work in a new place.
9. To depart or leave; to move oneself, or be moved, from one place to another. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To leave a place, or to move or be moved from one place to another.
12. To take away one dish and serve another in its place within a course of a meal. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To take away one dish and replace it with another during the same course of a meal.

## Other meanings

- (noun) At some British schools, a division of the school, especially the form just before the final one.
- (noun) Formerly, at a formal dinner, a dish brought in to replace another dish that had been cleared away.
- (noun) The act of taking off and resetting a horse's shoe.

## Origin

From Middle English removen, borrowed through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Latin removēre, which combines re- with movēre ("to move"). It displaced the native Old English word āfierran.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/remove (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).