remove

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 32.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To delete.
2. verb To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

   He removed the marbles from the bag.

3. verb To replace a dish within a course.
4. verb To murder.
5. verb To dismiss a batsman.
6. verb To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
7. verb To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
8. verb To change one's residence or place of business; to move.

Similar words

take out get rid of take away move out bump off slay murder take transfer dispatch

Often followed by

the from all a it any them or this

Word family

removabilities removability removable removableness removablenesses removably removal removals removeable removed