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- apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn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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England's dogged resistance on day five at Adelaide Oval lasted into the second session before Scott Boland removed Josh Tongue for an 82-run victory to ensure the famous urn remains in Australian hands.
From Barron's
England's dogged resistance on day five at Adelaide Oval lasted into the second session before Scott Boland removed Josh Tongue for an 82-run victory to ensure the famous urn remains in Australian hands.
From Barron's
"It just went from bad to worse," said Ms Hopkins, adding that part of her son's bowel also had to be removed.
From BBC
It is unclear if names were in the original documents and had been removed in the drafts given to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
Two months before his release, a Cairo criminal court removed Abdel Fattah's name from the list of terror suspects, following investigations that found he no longer had any ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
From Barron's
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