removed

[ ri-moovd ]
/ rɪˈmuvd /

adjective

remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent. The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.

Origin of removed

First recorded in 1540–50; remove + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM removed

re·mov·ed·ly [ri-moo-vid-lee, -moovd-] /rɪˈmu vɪd li, -ˈmuvd-/, adverb re·mov·ed·ness, noun un·re·moved, adjective

Definition for removed (2 of 2)

remove
[ ri-moov ]
/ rɪˈmuv /

verb (used with object), re·moved, re·mov·ing.

verb (used without object), re·moved, re·mov·ing.

to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.
to go away; depart; disappear.

noun

Origin of remove

1250–1300; Middle English removen (v.) < Old French remouvoir < Latin removēre. See re-, move

OTHER WORDS FROM remove

pre·re·move, verb (used with object), pre·re·moved, pre·re·mov·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for removed (1 of 2)

removed
/ (rɪˈmuːvd) /

adjective

separated by distance or abstract distinction
(postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinship the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed

Derived forms of removed

removedness (rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs), noun

British Dictionary definitions for removed (2 of 2)

remove
/ (rɪˈmuːv) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of remove

removable, adjective removability or removableness, noun removably, adverb remover, noun

Word Origin for remove

C14: from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see move