# remove

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈmuːv/ · frequency rank #2,013

## Definitions
1. To delete.
2. To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
3. To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
4. To murder.
5. To dismiss a batsman.
6. To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
7. To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
8. To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
9. To dismiss or discharge from office.

## Etymology
From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran.

## Easily confused with
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-rove)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-revive)
- **revoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-revoke)
- **repose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-repose)
- **removed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-removed)
- **resolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-resolve)
- **revolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-revolve)
- **remover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-remover)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeve-vs-remove)
- **remote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-remove)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remake-vs-remove)
- **relive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relive-vs-remove)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remade-vs-remove)
- **redone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redone-vs-remove)
- **removal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/removal-vs-remove)
- **recover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-remove)
- **remorse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remorse-vs-remove)
- **remodel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remodel-vs-remove)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ermove`, `remmove`, `remoev`, `removve`, `remvoe`, `reomve`, `rmeove`, `rremove`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/remove