Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
- adjective Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Remote; separate from others; specifically, noting a grade of distance in relationship and the like: as, “a lie seven times removed,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Changed in place.
- adjective Dismissed from office.
- adjective Distant in location; remote.
- adjective Distant by degrees in relationship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Separated in time, space, or degree.
- adjective Of a different generation, older or younger
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
remove .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective separate or apart in time
- adjective separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
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Examples
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Moreover, she learned that her father and mother anxiously expected her at that house to which they had removed, but did not reveal that he had _been removed_ in the care of two bailiffs, and the house named was but a resting place in his transit to jail.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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"You wish it removed -- _just as other obstacles have been removed_.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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He tried to have his name removed from the ballot but received 10,638 votes on the party's ballot line, in what turned out to be a close contest.
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"It may be that there should be a right to have your name removed from a social network where you volunteered it in the first place," says Richard Thomas , a former British data-privacy commissioner, who is now a strategy adviser to international law firm Hunton & Williams LLP.
Plastic Surgeon Figures in Google Face-Off in Spain Paul Sonne 2011
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My name removed from my greatest work—I am appalled!
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010
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Accused Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was once again removed from a federal courtroom Friday.
Accused Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Brian David Mitchell removed from courtroom 2008
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Ford would eventually have his name removed from alliance stationery, but seems to have maintained a loose association, if only through old friends Ward Bond and John Wayne.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Peter and Vandy is another low-budget two-hander that explores the ups and downs of a modern relationship using jump cuts, nonlinear plot mechanics and elliptical storytelling techniques that only succeed in keeping the couple in the title removed, at an annoying distance, from audience interest.
Mixed-Up Love 2009
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Peter and Vandy is another low-budget two-hander that explores the ups and downs of a modern relationship using jump cuts, nonlinear plot mechanics and elliptical storytelling techniques that only succeed in keeping the couple in the title removed, at an annoying distance, from audience interest.
Mixed-Up Love 2009
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For example, an animal with its brain removed is still capable of going through the motions of walking, as anybody who has seen a chicken with its head cut off can attest.
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