remove

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun degree of figurative distance or separation; or
  2. verb remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  3. verb remove from a position or an office

Etymology

From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran.

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