removed

[ri-moovd]

adjective

1. remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.

   Synonyms: apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn

2. distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship.

   A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent.

   The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.

removed

/ rɪˈmuːvd, rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs /

adjective

1. separated by distance or abstract distinction

2. (postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinship

   the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed

Other Word Forms

• removedness noun
• removedly adverb
• unremoved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of removed¹

First recorded in 1540–50; remove + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The Prison Service has removed an officer from discharging duties while an investigation takes place.

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The one-time university student is desperate for her brother to travel abroad to have his tumour removed.

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Madagascar's new government has stripped ousted president Andry Rajoelina of his Malagasy nationality in a decree published Friday, media reports said, 10 days after he was removed in a military takeover.

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An investigation has been launched by the Prison Service and an officer has been removed from discharging duties while it takes place.

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His father was two generations removed from slavery and remembered “running his fingers across the skin bumps on his grandmother’s back, physical reminders of her enslaver’s whip.”

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Related Words

• aloof 
• away 
• detached 
• distant 
• isolated