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{
"term": "remove",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "remove",
"heSheIt": "removes"
},
"pastSimple": "removed",
"pastParticiple": "removed",
"ingForm": "removing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to take somebody/something away from a place",
"sensetop": "remove somebody/somethingremove somebody/something from somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Illegally parked vehicles will be removed.",
"contextForm": "remove somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He removed his hand from her shoulder.",
"contextForm": "remove somebody/something from somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Three **children were removed** from the school for persistent bad behaviour."
},
{
"text": "**Remove** the pan **from the heat** and continue to stir the sauce."
},
{
"text": "Fittings should be completely removed for cleaning."
},
{
"text": "She removed the dirty dishes from the table."
},
{
"text": "The old cladding can be easily removed using a claw hammer."
},
{
"text": "people who have been forcibly removed from their homes"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
"verb + remove": ["try to", "be possible to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to take off clothing, etc. from the body",
"sensetop": "remove something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes."
},
{
"text": "Passengers no longer have to remove their shoes during security checks."
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to get rid of something unpleasant, dirty, etc.; to make something disappear",
"sensetop": "remove somethingremove something from somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has had the tumour removed.",
"contextForm": "remove something"
},
{
"text": "She had surgery to remove the two tumours."
},
{
"text": "to remove problems/obstacles/objections"
},
{
"text": "Considerable progress has been made in **removing barriers** to trade within the EU."
},
{
"text": "The news removed any doubts about the company's future."
},
{
"text": "This comment has been removed by a moderator."
},
{
"text": "The police instructed the author to **remove** the offending **material** from the website.",
"contextForm": "remove something from somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She asked for her name to be **removed from the list** of candidates."
},
{
"text": "It was impossible to remove the stain from the tablecloth."
},
{
"text": "the best way to remove stains"
},
{
"text": "These stains can be difficult to remove."
},
{
"text": "Unsightly moles can be removed surgically."
},
{
"text": "Bee stings should be removed with tweezers."
},
{
"text": "By producing an heir, the Queen effectively removed her cousin's hopes of succeeding to the throne."
},
{
"text": "The proposed law would remove at a stroke the long-cherished right to trial by jury."
},
{
"text": "Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people."
},
{
"text": "A subsequent agreement removed the major obstacles to negotiations."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
"verb + remove": ["try to", "be possible to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to dismiss somebody from their position or job",
"sensetop": "remove somebody from something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The elections removed the government from power."
},
{
"text": "After his arrest on corruption charges, he was immediately removed as party president."
},
{
"text": "Only the college's governing body can remove him from office."
},
{
"text": "The shareholders of a company have the power to remove the board."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very different from something; to not be connected with something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many of these books are far removed from the reality of the children's lives."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "belonging to a different generation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's my cousin's son so he's my first cousin once removed."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːv/",
"audio": "re/remove/remove__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvz/",
"audio": "re/remove/removes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvd/",
"audio": "re/remove/removed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/remove/removing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːv/",
"audio": "re/remove/remove__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvz/",
"audio": "re/remove/removes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvd/",
"audio": "re/remove/removed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/remove/removing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from the Old French stem remov-, from Latin removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’."
}