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removed
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re·moved  (r-mvd)
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·moved·ly (-mvd-l) adv.
re·moved·ness n.

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  [rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.removed - separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed"
distant, remote - far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
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"

removed
adjective remote, foreign, outside, alien, irrelevant, unrelated, unconnected, immaterial, extraneous, extrinsic outlandish rubbish, far removed from reality
Translations
removed [rɪˈmuːvd] ADJ to be far removed from sthdistar or apartarse mucho de algo
his political views are far removed from theirssus ideas políticas distan or se apartan mucho de las de ellos
an indifference not far removed from contemptuna 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
removed [rɪˈmuːvd] adj
first cousin once removed → cousin(e) au deuxième degré


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At each remove, Romeo's separateness doubles an Ovidian romance paradigm, while drawing Juliet away into a shared removedness.
 
 
 
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