Meaning of "remove" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REMOVE

From Old French removoir, from Latin removēre.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REMOVE

remove  [rɪˈmuːv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMOVE

Remove is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb remove in English.

WHAT DOES REMOVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Remove

Remove, removed or remover may refer to: ▪ Removalist or household goods Mover ▪ Needle remover ▪ Polish remover ▪ Staple remover ▪ The degree of cousinship, see Cousin chart...

Definition of remove in the English dictionary

The first definition of remove in the dictionary is to take away and place elsewhere. Other definition of remove is to displace from office; dismiss. Remove is also to do away with ; abolish.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REMOVE

PRESENT

Present

I remove

you remove

he/she/it removes

we remove

you remove

they remove

Present continuous

I am removing

you are removing

he/she/it is removing

we are removing

you are removing

they are removing

Present perfect

I have removed

you have removed

he/she/it has removed

we have removed

you have removed

they have removed

Present perfect continuous

I have been removing

you have been removing

he/she/it has been removing

we have been removing

you have been removing

they have been removing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I removed

you removed

he/she/it removed

we removed

you removed

they removed

Past continuous

I was removing

you were removing

he/she/it was removing

we were removing

you were removing

they were removing

Past perfect

I had removed

you had removed

he/she/it had removed

we had removed

you had removed

they had removed

Past perfect continuous

I had been removing

you had been removing

he/she/it had been removing

we had been removing

you had been removing

they had been removing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will remove

you will remove

he/she/it will remove

we will remove

you will remove

they will remove

Future continuous

I will be removing

you will be removing

he/she/it will be removing

we will be removing

you will be removing

they will be removing

Future perfect

I will have removed

you will have removed

he/she/it will have removed

we will have removed

you will have removed

they will have removed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been removing

you will have been removing

he/she/it will have been removing

we will have been removing

you will have been removing

they will have been removing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would remove

you would remove

he/she/it would remove

we would remove

you would remove

they would remove

Conditional continuous

I would be removing

you would be removing

he/she/it would be removing

we would be removing

you would be removing

they would be removing

Conditional perfect

I would have remove

you would have remove

he/she/it would have remove

we would have remove

you would have remove

they would have remove

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been removing

you would have been removing

he/she/it would have been removing

we would have been removing

you would have been removing

they would have been removing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you remove
we let´s remove
you remove

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to remove

Past participle

removed

Present Participle

removing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REMOVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «remove» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of remove

abolish · abstract · amputate · assassinate · blow away · bump off · cart off · cut off · delete · depart · depose · detach · dethrone · discharge · dislodge · dismiss · displace · do away with · do in · doff · efface · eject · eliminate · eradicate · erase · excise · execute · expel · expunge · extract · flit · get out · get rid of · hack off · kill · liquidate · move · murder · oust · peel off · pull · pull off · purge · quit · relegate · relocate · see the back of · shed · shift · show someone the door · strike out · take away · take off · take out · throw out · transfer · transport · unseat · vacate · wipe out · withdraw

TRANSLATION OF REMOVE

Find out the translation of remove to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of remove from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «remove» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 移走
• Translator English - Spanish: suprimir
• English: remove
• Translator English - Hindi: हटाने
• Translator English - Arabic: يُزيِلُ
• Translator English - Russian: удалять
• Translator English - Portuguese: remover
• Translator English - Bengali: অপসারণ
• Translator English - French: retirer
• Translator English - Malay: Keluarkan
• Translator English - German: entfernen
• Translator English - Japanese: 移す
• Translator English - Korean: 제거하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mbusak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dời đi
• Translator English - Tamil: நீக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: काढून टाका
• Translator English - Turkish: Kaldır
• Translator English - Italian: eliminare
• Translator English - Polish: usunąć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: видаляти
• Translator English - Romanian: a scoate
• Translator English - Greek: αφαιρώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verwyder
• Translator English - Swedish: flytta
• Translator English - Norwegian: fjerne

10 QUOTES WITH «REMOVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word remove.

1

Shawn Amos

When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.

2

Mary Astell

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.

3

Roger Bacon

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.

4

John Barton

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem.

5

Mark Batterson

Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.

6

Jeff Bingaman

I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

7

Mo Brooks

You look at the Pew Hispanic Center study on the number of illegal aliens in America and the number of jobs they have, that's 7.4 million, illegal aliens in America. A quick way to create jobs in America is to remove those illegal aliens from our community. That frees up 7.4 million jobs that American can seek.

8

David R. Brower

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

9

David Cassidy

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

10

Christo

The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMOVE»

Discover the use of remove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remove and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest, ...

WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER. In the hallowed literary tradition of The Darwin Awards and Headlines comes this mind-boggling collection of the most outrageous warning labels ever slapped onto perfectly good products.

Bob Dorigo Jones, 2009

Alpha Trading: Profitable Strategies That Remove Directional ...

This book is an excellent introduction to the world of systematic alpha trading and readers are rewarded with many practical examples as well as the long-term trading experience of one of the most knowledgeable experts in the industry.

Perry J. Kaufman, 2011

Reading the remove of literature

Floating alone these annotations may have little worth or make little sense, but between these covers they do not deny the history of their derivation: They are constantly anchored by that which is missing, in a creative erring, in a ...

Nick Thurston, Craig Douglas Dworkin, 2006

Please remove your elbow from my ear

Stormy Sprague and the other kids in detention form a floor hockey team and have the nerve to compete against the unbeatable Screaming Eagles, who do not take Stormy's team seriously. Original.

Martyn Godfrey, 1993

Women in South African History: They Remove Boulders and ...

In this collection of essays, the often-marginalized voices of South African women are presented, in four chronological sections, as a nuanced and complex narrative that provides new interpretations and different readings on the major ...

Nomboniso Gasa, 2007

Please Don't Remove MarGreat's Glasses!

"Please Don't Remove MarGreat's Glasses!" is an inspirational tale of redemption for young adults which demonstrates the healing power of God's immeasurable grace.

Josh Baker, 2012

Remove the Shackles

Death of her friend's fiance invokes the hidden shady, shabby, humiliating and painful pasts that she has been suppressing all her life.

Monono Agnes Maina, 2009

You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove ...

No matter who you are or what you do, You Already Know How to Be Great will help you eliminate what is standing in the way of your goals.

Alan Fine, Rebecca R. Merrill, 2010

A Lawyer's Guide to Estate Planning: Fundamentals for the ...

14.3 TRUSTEE REMOVAL If a corporate trustee is selected, consideration should be given to whether the beneficiaries of the trust should have the right to remove the trustee and name a successor trustee. If the beneficiaries are spendthrifts, ...

L. Rush Hunt, Lara Rae Hunt, 2004

Remove Pain & Be Free to be Happy with Energy Psychology by ...

Najemy's work gives specific guidelines and abundant examples on how to remove these obstacles to happiness.

Robert Elias Najemy, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMOVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remove is used in the context of the following news items.

Alabama man fired for refusing to remove Confederate flag

An Alabama man says his First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired from his job for refusing to remove a Confederate flag flying from his truck. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»

Spain: Madrid to Remove Reminders of Franco

Madrid's new leftist City Council says it will remove all references to the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco from the names of streets and plazas in the city. «New York Times, Jul 15»

Woman sues Dearborn police, claims she was forced to remove …

The woman was taken to Dearborn police headquarters, where she was told to remove her headscarf for a booking photo, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday ... «MLive.com, Jun 15»

Beekeepers remove a half million bees from New York home

Beekeepers have quite the task ahead of them as they remove hundreds of thousands of honey bees that have taken up residence at a New York house. «KABC-TV, Jun 15»

Google to remove revenge porn from search results in victory …

In a blog post released Friday by Amit Singhal, SVP of Google Search, the search engine giant announced plans to honor requests to remove graphic images ... «Digital Trends, Jun 15»

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Remove symbols of racism

Most Twitter users interpreted Cook's words as a call to remove the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina Capitol. Taking down the flag has become a ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»

Google to remove 'revenge porn' from search results

SAN FRANCISCO —In a significant step to combat "revenge porn," Google will honor requests to remove from search results nude or sexually explicit images ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

French privacy agency orders Google to remove global links

PARIS (AP) — France's data privacy agency ordered Google to remove search results worldwide upon request, giving the company two weeks to apply the "right ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»

Nestle To Remove Artificial Flavors, Cut Sodium In Packaged Foods

Nestle, the world's largest food and beverage company by revenue, announced this week that it will remove artificial flavors and 10 percent of the sodium from ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

Committee approves plan to remove Ala. Board of Education from …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to remove the Alabama Board of Education from the state's new charter school program. «whnt.com, May 15»