remove.
To delete.
Meaning & usage
To delete.
To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
He removed the marbles from the bag.
To move from one place to another, especially to take away. To replace a dish within a course.
To murder.
To dismiss a batsman.
To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
To dismiss or discharge from office.
The President removed many postmasters.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō 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.
The act of removing something.
A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
(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.
Emotional distance or indifference.
State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō 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.
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