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remove
English
Etymology
From Middle English remeven, removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin remov?re, from re- + mov?re (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???mu?v/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Verb
remove (third-person singular simple present removes, present participle removing, simple past and past participle removed)
- (transitive) To delete.
- (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
- 1560, Geneva Bible, The Geneva Bible#page/n182 Deuteronomy 19:14:
- Thou ?halt not remoue thy neighbours marke, which thei of olde time haue ?et in thine inheritance, that thou ?halt inherit the lãd, which the Lord thy God giueth the to po??e??e it.
- (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
- 1560, Geneva Bible, The Geneva Bible#page/n182 Deuteronomy 19:14:
- (transitive) To murder.
- (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
- (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- Now my life began to be so easy that I began to say to myself that could I but have been safe from more savages, I cared not if I was never to remove from the place where I lived.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p.20:
- Shortly after this, my father removed, and settled in the same county, about ten miles above Greenville.
- I am going to remove. / Where are you going to remove to? / I don't know yet. / When will you know?
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- unstay
Antonyms
- (move something from one place to another): settle, place, add
Derived terms
- removable
- removal
- removalist
- remover
Translations
Noun
remove (plural removes)
- The act of removing something.
- 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller
- And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
- 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller
- (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
- (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- Distance in time or space; interval.
- (figuratively, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
- 1855, John Henry Newman, Callista
- It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.
- 1855, John Henry Newman, Callista
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- His horse wanted two removes; your horse wanted nails
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Latin
Verb
remov?
- second-person singular present active imperative of remove?
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?vi
Verb
remove
- third-person singular present indicative of remover
- second-person singular imperative of remover
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remote
English
Etymology
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [???m??t], [??i??m??t], [???m??t]
- (US) IPA(key): [???mo?t]
- Rhymes: -??t
Adjective
remote (comparative more remote or remoter, superlative most remote or remotest)
- At a distance; disconnected.
- Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
- (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.
- Emotionally detached.
Synonyms
- (at a distance): disconnected, hands-free, wireless
- (distant or otherwise inaccessible): far, hidden, outlying; see also Thesaurus:distant
- (slight): faint
- (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn
Antonyms
- (at a distance): attached, connected, contiguous, direct; presential
- (distant or otherwise inaccessible): close, near, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near
- (slight): considerable, great, reasonable, sure
- (emotionally detached): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
remote (plural remotes)
- Ellipsis of remote control
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
Synonyms
- (remote control): clicker
Translations
Verb
remote (third-person singular simple present remotes, present participle remoting, simple past and past participle remoted)
- (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
Further reading
- remote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- remote in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- remote at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -ometer, emoter, meteor, ometer
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re?m??.t?e], /re?m?te/
Adjective
remote f pl
- feminine plural of remoto
Anagrams
- temerò
Latin
Adjective
rem?te
- vocative masculine singular of rem?tus
References
- remote in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- remote in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- remote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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