removed
pronunciation
How to pronounce removed in British English:
UK [rɪ'mu:vd]
How to pronounce removed in American English:
US [rɪˈmuvd]
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- Adjective:
- taken out of or separated from
- far apart in nature
- far distant in space
- separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
- far distant in time
Word Origin
- removed (adj.)
- "distant in relationship" (by some expressed degree), 1540s, from past participle of remove (v.). Meaning "remote, separated, secluded" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. He then removed the nuclei of both .
- 2. Over the past year , dozens of teachers believed to have islamist tendencies have been removed from their posts , and activists said to have ties to the brotherhood have been harassed , arrested and even stripped of their emirati nationality .
- 3. Surgeons later removed that spot .
- 4. In so doing they have removed the possibility of a better politics .
- 5. Mr obama should veto the entire package unless they are removed .