verb

remove

Translation

to remove, to take off, to delete, to dismiss

Please remove your shoes before entering.

He removed the stain from the carpet.

The manager was removed from his position.

((sth.)) to take (sth.) away Please remove your hat.

((sth.)) from ((sth.)) to take (sth.) away from a place Remove the book from the shelf.

Synonyms: take away, eliminate, dismiss; Antonyms: add, place, install

From Latin 'removere', from 're-' (back, away) + 'movere' (to move). Literally 'to move back'.

Think 're-' (back) + 'move'. You are moving something back or away from where it was.