Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To delete.

  2. (transitive)To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

    He removed the marbles from the bag.

    entfernen

    устраня́тьustranjátʹ, убира́тьubirátʹ

    відноси́тиvidnosýty, віднести́vidnestý, усува́тиusuváty

  3. (transitive)To murder.

    beseitigen

  4. (transitive)To dismiss a batsman.

  5. (transitive)To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

    verdrängen

    усува́тиusuváty, усу́нутиusúnuty

  6. To dismiss or discharge from office.

    The President removed many postmasters.

    remove from a position or an office

  7. To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

    (formal, obsolete, transitive)To replace a dish within a course.

  8. (archaic, intransitive)To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.

    cause to leave

  9. (archaic, intransitive)To change one's residence or place of business; to move.

    umziehen

Examples

1015 sentences
  1. Tom removed his glasses.

    Том зняв окуляри. — deniko

    ruТом снял очки. — sharptoothed

    deTom nahm die Brille ab. — Zaghawa

  2. Tom removed his shirt.

    Том зняв сорочку. — deniko

    ruТом снял рубашку. — marafon

    deTom legte sein Hemd ab. — raggione

  3. Could you remove your glasses?

    Ти не міг би зняти окуляри? — deniko

    ruНе могли бы вы снять очки? — odexed

  4. She removed the dishes from the table.

    Вона прибрала зі столу. — deniko

    ruОна убрала тарелки со стола. — Lenin_1917

  5. I have to remove my makeup.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to take away:
Русский
By meaning 1
to take away:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to take away:
to murder someone:
to discard, set aside:
to change one's residence:

Origin

From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoi

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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Forms

removes, removing, removed, removed
Base formremove · to remove
3rd person singularremoves
Present participleremoving
Past simpleremoved
Past participleremoved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyremove
he, she, itremoves

Past simpleLesson

all personsremoved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave removed
he, she, ithas removed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill remove

Synonyms

24 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
move something from one place to another:settleB1placeB1addA1

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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