Removed Remove Rɪˈmuːv Extra Examples Verb Illegally Parked

• illegally parked vehicles will be removed.
• he removed his hand from her shoulder.
• three children were removed from the school for persistent bad behaviour.
• remove the pan from the heat and continue to stir the sauce.

remove

Verb Forms

1. to take somebody/something away from a place
• Illegally parked vehicles will be removed.
• He removed his hand from her shoulder.
• Three children were removed from the school for persistent bad behaviour.
• Remove the pan from the heat and continue to stir the sauce.

Extra Examples

• Fittings should be completely removed for cleaning.
• She removed the dirty dishes from the table.
• The old cladding can be easily removed using a claw hammer.
• people who have been forcibly removed from their homes
2. to take off clothing, etc. from the body
• She removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes.
• Passengers no longer have to remove their shoes during security checks.
3. to get rid of something unpleasant, dirty, etc.; to make something disappear
• She has had the tumour removed.
• She had surgery to remove the two tumours.
• to remove problems/obstacles/objections
• Considerable progress has been made in removing barriers to trade within the EU.
• The news removed any doubts about the company's future.
• This comment has been removed by a moderator.
• The police instructed the author to remove the offending material from the website.
• She asked for her name to be removed from the list of candidates.
• It was impossible to remove the stain from the tablecloth.

Extra Examples

• the best way to remove stains
• These stains can be difficult to remove.
• Unsightly moles can be removed surgically.
• Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.
• By producing an heir, the Queen effectively removed her cousin's hopes of succeeding to the throne.
• The proposed law would remove at a stroke the long-cherished right to trial by jury.
• Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people.
• A subsequent agreement removed the major obstacles to negotiations.
4. to dismiss somebody from their position or job
• The elections removed the government from power.

Extra Examples

• After his arrest on corruption charges, he was immediately removed as party president.
• Only the college's governing body can remove him from office.
• The shareholders of a company have the power to remove the board.
5. to be very different from something; to not be connected with something
• Many of these books are far removed from the reality of the children's lives.
6. belonging to a different generation
• He's my cousin's son so he's my first cousin once removed.

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a verb): from the Old French stem remov-, from Latin removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.