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Editorial note

Can we remove the "shames scientists" bit from the headline?

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Quick take

degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of remove gathered in one view.

noun

degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

verb

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

verb

remove from a position or an office

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for remove.

noun

degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

verb

remove from a position or an office

verb

dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

verb

cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

verb

shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

verb

go away or leave; "He absented himself"

verb

kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

See also: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, off

verb

get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

Example sentences

Can we remove the "shames scientists" bit from the headline?

When my girlfriend died I could not bring myself to remove her from my friends list.

So yes, we'll remove anyone from those companies from the Demo Day invite list.

You see a few lines of codes or a feature and you have no idea why it's there, so you remove it.

So, even though it's in jest, remove that statement from your hiring page if you are serious.

I took: "Before you remove the onions, make sure you understand why they were added in the first place.

If that clock expires, the CRAs must remove that tradeline from your report and never reinstate it.

The burden of proof should be on people who want to remove information from the Web, not on those who want to keep it.

This can get real annoying real fast, because it removes focus from whatever you were working on.

We removed the ability to share the project source code because it enables communications with our servers in a manner that is a violation of our Terms of Service.