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remove

/ɹɪˈmuːv/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of removing something.
  2. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
  3. (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
  4. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
  5. Distance in time or space; interval.
  6. (by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
  7. To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
  8. To murder.
  9. To dismiss a batsman.
  10. To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
  11. To depart, leave.
  12. To change one's residence; to move.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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