remove

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹɪˈmuv/ UK /ɹɪˈmuːv/ See IPA manual

Freq #2238

Meanings

1

verb
To take something away from a place.

He removed the books from the shelf.
2

verb
To get rid of something, including something abstract like a problem or feeling.

The new law removed the last obstacle to the deal.
3

verb
To move someone or something to a different place.

They removed their children to the countryside during the war.
4

noun
A degree of distance or separation between things.

His version of the story is at several removes from the truth.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to take something away from... take awaytake

2 verb · to get rid of something,... take away

3 verb · to move someone or... transfer

More abatebatedeductsubductsubtractunstay

Opposites

add place settle

Word family

Forms removableremovesremoving

Derived forms boyremoveremovabilityremovableremovalremovalistremoveableremover

Related forms delete

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Proverbs (1)

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Three removes is as bad as a fire

Etymology

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.

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European removen Middle English remover xno remouvoir Old French removeo Latin

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# remove

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈmuv/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈmuːv/
**Frequency rank:** 2238

## Meanings
1. To take something away from a place.
2. To get rid of something, including something abstract like a problem or feeling.
3. To move someone or something to a different place.
4. A degree of distance or separation between things.

## Examples
- He removed the books from the shelf.
- The new law removed the last obstacle to the deal.
- They removed their children to the countryside during the war.
- His version of the story is at several removes from the truth.

## Synonyms
- abate
- bate
- deduct
- subduct
- subtract
- take
- unstay

## Antonyms
- add
- place
- settle

## Derived Forms
- boyremove
- removability
- removable
- removal
- removalist
- removeable
- remover

## Related Forms
- delete

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-
- Root: removen
- Root: remover
- Root: remouvoir
- Root: removeo

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Remove comes 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. Modern senses include to take something away from a place. and to get rid of something, including something abstract like a problem or feeling.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as boyremove, removability, removable, removal, removalist, and removeable and related forms such as delete.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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