remove
To delete.
Verb 4 meanings
To delete.
To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
“He removed the marbles from the bag.”
To murder.
To dismiss a batsman.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of removing something.
(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
A step or gradation (as in the phrase “at one remove”).
Distance in time or space; interval.
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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REMOVE at a glance
REMOVE has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + M 3 + O 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,964 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with remove
All rhymesOne letter away
- REMOTE8
- REWOVE12
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