Meaning of remove In English

• 0 to take something or someone away from somewhere, or off something:

  • The men came to remove the rubbish from the backyard.

  • This detergent will remove even old stains.

  • It got so hot that he removed his tie and jacket.

  • They decided to remove their son from the school.

  • Hearing your opinion has removed my last doubts/suspicions about her.

• 1 to force someone to leave an important job or a position of power because they have behaved badly or not in a way you approve of:

  • The company's shareholders have voted to remove the executive board.

  • Several opposition groups are fighting to remove the president from power.

  • She has been removed from her post/position as director.

• 2 to take something away from an object, group, or place:

  • Please remove your books from the counter.

  • Club soda will remove that stain.

  • He was removed from office (= forced to leave an official position).

  • Space flight is pretty far removed from (= not part of) most people’s experience.

• 3 to take something or someone away from somewhere or off something:

  • remove sth/sb from sth He asked the company to remove him from their database.

  • The store removed all canned food from the shelves as soon as they heard about the recall.

  • remove barriers/obstacles/restrictions The government failed to remove legal obstacles to the transfer of ownership of assets.

• 4 to take away or stop a charge or a cost:

  • Surcharges on fruit and vegetables will be removed by the end of the year.

  • This measure removes a layer of cost which could bring down prices.

  • The commodity market price plunged late on Friday after Brazil removed export taxes.

• 5 to force someone to leave an important job or a position of power, usually because they have behaved badly, or in a way that you do not approve of:

  • They initiated the procedure for him to be removed from office.

  • The City Controller was removed after a failure to list sources of income including rental properties.

  • Directors are appointed and removed by shareholders.