removed
Americanadjective
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remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
- Synonyms:
- apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn
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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.
adjective
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separated by distance or abstract distinction
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(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
- removedly adverb
- removedness noun
- unremoved adjective
Etymology
Origin of removed
Example Sentences
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This isn’t to say that the voters always get it right, only that they’re far less removed from what the average moviegoer thinks than they once were.
From Salon
It is easy to forget that, even in today’s healthiest countries, we are only four or five generations removed from a world where most people, most of the time, died of infectious disease.
Musk said Tesla removed safety monitors from the cars in Austin on Thursday.
From Barron's
On Sunday, the government of Uttar Pradesh state, where Noida is located, removed a senior official from the township's governing authority and ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the rescue operation and site safety.
From BBC
That means the alien has already seen a judge, presented his case, received due process, and been ordered removed from the country.
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