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re·moved
(rĭ-mo͞ovd′)adj.
1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent: A first cousin's child is one's first cousin once removed.
re·mov′ed·ly (-mo͞o′vĭd-lē) adv.
re·mov′ed·ness n.
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removed
(rɪˈmuːvd)adj
1. separated by distance or abstract distinction
2. (Law) (postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinship: the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed.
removedness n
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re•moved
(rɪˈmuvd)adj.
1. remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
2. distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: My father's first cousin is my first cousin once removed.
[1540–50]
re•mov′ed•ly, adv.
re•mov′ed•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | removed - separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed" |
2. | removed - separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" |
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removed
adjective remote, foreign, outside, alien, irrelevant, unrelated, unconnected, immaterial, extraneous, extrinsic outlandish rubbish, far removed from reality
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removed
adjective1. Far from others in space, time, or relationship:
Idiom: at a distance.
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removed
[rɪˈmuːvd] ADJ to be far removed from sth → distar or apartarse mucho de algohis political views are far removed from theirs → sus ideas políticas distan or se apartan mucho de las de ellos
an indifference not far removed from contempt → una indiferencia rayana con or que rayaba en el desprecio
first cousin once removed (= parent's cousin) → tío/a m/f segundo/a; (= cousin's child) → sobrino/a m/f segundo/a, hijo/a m/f de primo carnal
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