removed
removed Lexical Profile
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• verb
To take something away or off from the position occupied (past tense and past participle of remove).
"The technician carefully removed the damaged circuit board from the console."
• adjective
Separated by a specified amount or degree of distance, time, or difference from something else.
"His theoretical model is far removed from the practical realities of everyday classroom teaching."
Separated by a specified number of generations in descent (used postpositively to indicate the relationship between cousins).
"My mother's first cousin is my first cousin once removed."
Word Nuance & Usage
In genealogy, 'removed' is used postpositively after 'cousin' (e.g., 'first cousin once removed') to indicate the number of generations separating two relatives.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English as the past participle of 'remove', borrowed from Old French 'remouvoir', from Latin 'removere' ('to move back or take away').