verb To take something away from its place.
- Please remove your shoes before entering.
- The doctor removed the stitches after two weeks.
- Remove the pan from the heat once the milk starts to boil.
verb To delete or eliminate something.
- She removed the typo before sending the email.
- Can you remove my name from the mailing list, please?
- The software helps remove errors from large data files.
verb To dismiss someone from a job or position.
- The board voted to remove him as chairman.
- The manager was removed from his post after several complaints.
- Parents asked the school to remove the headteacher from her role.
noun A degree of distance or separation, especially in the phrase "at one remove."
- He watched the events unfold at one remove, through the news.
- I only knew my grandfather at one remove, through the stories my mother told.
- Living at a remove from the busy town, they enjoyed the quiet.
