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Meaning of REMOVED

Pronunciation:  ri'moovd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
  2. [adj]  far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
  3. [adj]  taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead
 
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 Synonyms: abstracted, distant, far, remote, separate
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*moved"\ (r?-m??vd"), a.
1. Changed in place.
2. Dismissed from office.
3. Distant in location; remote. ``Something finer than you
   could purchase in so removed a dwelling.'' --Shak.
4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once
   removed. -- {Re*mov"ed*ness} (r?-m??v"?d-n?s), n. --Shak.
 

 

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