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- apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn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
Explanation
A person who is described as removed is acting emotionally distant, like he or she has been taken away. You can also use removed to mean being far away in time or space from something else, as in "the house was far removed from the city," or "online dictionaries are far removed from what students had available in my day." And finally, if someone is separated by several steps in descent from you, they are removed, as in little Johnny, your twelfth cousin three times removed from Little Rock.
Vocabulary lists containing removed
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Example Sentences
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Some antiquities—including paintings and pottery believed to have been looted from the National Museum—were even listed on eBay before the company removed the listings after being notified by experts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Board members can only be removed for cause, meaning malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect in their duties.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
YouTube reportedly removed the new channels as soon as it confirmed they were affiliated with Peters and has been “tracking” him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent surgery Friday that removed a lesion on his scalp, less than six months before the presidential elections.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
She clutched the ring tight, afraid that if she removed it, he would take it from her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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