adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of remove form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Separated in time, space, or degree.

   "Now that we are here one week removed..."

2. 2
   Of a different generation, older or younger

   "Steve is my second cousin once removed."

Adjective

1. 1
   separate or apart in time wordnet
2. 2
   separated in relationship by a given degree of descent wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

distantfaralienalienatedalonealoof

Example

More examples

"The obstacles to our progress have been removed at last."

Related phrases

far removedonce removedthrice removedtwice removedonce removedtwice removed

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