remove

English Online Dictionary. What means remove‎? What does remove mean?

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmuːv/
• Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

remove (third-person singular simple present removes, present participle removing, simple past and past participle removed)

1. (transitive) To delete.
2. (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
   1. (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
3. (transitive) To murder.
4. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
5. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
6. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
7. (intransitive, archaic) To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
8. To dismiss or discharge from office.

Synonyms

• unstay

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “move something from one place to another”): settle, place, add

Derived terms

• removable
• removal
• removalist
• remove kebab
• remover

Translations

Noun

remove (plural removes)

1. The act of removing something.
2. (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
3. (British) (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. (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
7. (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
8. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
9. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Derived terms

• a far remove

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• “remove”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Verb

removē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of removeō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

remove

1. inflection of remover:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative