removed

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Definition of removed

1 a :distant in degree of relationship

b :of a younger or older generation

a second cousin's child is a second cousin once removed

2 :separate or remote in space, time, or character

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We're looking for an apartment somewhat removed from the noise of downtown.
The child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed.

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Decades before The Weeknd was playing arenas with ambient and ethereal R&B, N.C.’s The Veldt was recording its debut album with Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, mixing shoegazing feedback and funky soul that’s not so removed from today’s hits.

— courtney devores, charlotteobserver, "8 buzzworthy concerts coming to Charlotte in the next week," 23 Aug. 2017
Still, there’s a sense in which the experience wasn’t that far removed from my daily practice.

— robert wright, WIRED, "Is Mindfulness Meditation BS?," 12 Aug. 2017
And though von Sydow’s aloof Swedish presence didn’t exactly mix with the larger world of Westeros, that was actually perfect for his part as a removed observer in his rather short appearance as the ethereal Three-Eyed Raven.

— joanna robinson, HWD, "Game of Thrones: Are Famous Faces Really Ruining Westeros?," 19 July 2017
The Hillcrest property’s location is far removed from busy Washington Street, and getting the hundreds of vehicles that visit the hospital in and out of the area is a formidable challenge.

— paul sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "UC San Diego plans to build new hospital in Hillcrest," 18 July 2017
Their investigation would eventually lead them across the country and into the deepest recesses of the Internet: places where the common currency is Bitcoin, and where buyers and sellers are anonymous and far removed from each other.

— adam lashinsky, Fortune, "Data Sheet—Friday, July 7, 2017," 7 July 2017
Officials removed security equipment and armed guards just days after the county clerk sued, in part, to lift a firearms ban.

— christina hall, Detroit Free Press, "Firearms ban lifted at Macomb register of deeds," 28 June 2017
Previously, Google had only removed webpages with identifying financial information, such as credit card numbers, and with content that violates copyright laws.

— bloomberg news, NOLA.com, "Google to remove private medical records from search results," 24 June 2017
The call also comes at a time when most Egyptians are too preoccupied with making ends meet in the face of steep price hikes resulting from economic reforms that slashed the currency’s value by more than half and removed fuel subsidies.

— Washington Post, "Egypt arrests dozens ahead of proposed protests," 15 June 2017

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First Known Use of removed

circa 1548

removed Synonyms

Synonyms

away, deep, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote, distant

Antonyms

close, near, nearby, nigh

Related Words

apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered

Near Antonyms

adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

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: away from something
: of a younger or older generation

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