{
    "term": "remove",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "remove",
            "heSheIt": "removes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "removed",
        "pastParticiple": "removed",
        "ingForm": "removing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to take somebody/something away from a place",
            "sensetop": "remove somebody/somethingremove somebody/something from somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Illegally parked vehicles will be removed.",
                    "contextForm": "remove somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He removed his hand from her shoulder.",
                    "contextForm": "remove somebody/something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three **children were removed** from the school for persistent bad behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Remove** the pan **from the heat** and continue to stir the sauce."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fittings should be completely removed for cleaning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She removed the dirty dishes from the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The old cladding can be easily removed using a claw hammer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who have been forcibly removed from their homes"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
                "verb + remove": ["try to", "be possible to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to take off clothing, etc. from the body",
            "sensetop": "remove something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers no longer have to remove their shoes during security checks."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to get rid of something unpleasant, dirty, etc.; to make something disappear",
            "sensetop": "remove somethingremove something from somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has had the tumour removed.",
                    "contextForm": "remove something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had surgery to remove the two tumours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to remove problems/obstacles/objections"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Considerable progress has been made in **removing barriers** to trade within the EU."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news removed any doubts about the company's future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This comment has been removed by a moderator."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police instructed the author to **remove** the offending **material** from the website.",
                    "contextForm": "remove something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She asked for her name to be **removed from the list** of candidates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was impossible to remove the stain from the tablecloth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the best way to remove stains"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These stains can be difficult to remove."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unsightly moles can be removed surgically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bee stings should be removed with tweezers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By producing an heir, the Queen effectively removed her cousin's hopes of succeeding to the throne."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The proposed law would remove at a stroke the long-cherished right to trial by jury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A subsequent agreement removed the major obstacles to negotiations."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
                "verb + remove": ["try to", "be possible to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to dismiss somebody from their position or job",
            "sensetop": "remove somebody from something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The elections removed the government from power."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After his arrest on corruption charges, he was immediately removed as party president."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only the college's governing body can remove him from office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shareholders of a company have the power to remove the board."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very different from something; to not be connected with something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many of these books are far removed from the reality of the children's lives."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "belonging to a different generation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's my cousin's son so he's my first cousin once removed."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːv/",
                "audio": "re/remove/remove__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvz/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvd/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːv/",
                "audio": "re/remove/remove__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvz/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvd/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmuːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/remove/removing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from the Old French stem remov-, from Latin removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’."
}