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once removed

once removed adjective: one generation apart.

once removed: one generation apart
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Adjective

once removed (not comparable)

  1. One generation apart.
    • Phil and Andre are first cousins once removed.

Forms of once removed

alternative formonce-removed

Words formed from once removed

Questions about once removed

What does once removed mean?
Once removed means one generation apart.
What part of speech is once removed?
Once removed is an adjective.

Words near once removed in the dictionary

  1. once on a time
  2. once on shore, we pray no more
  3. once or twice
  4. once over
  5. once overs
  6. once removed
  7. once upon a time
  8. once you go black
  9. once you go black, you never go back
  10. once you go Persian, there's no other version
  11. once-in-a-generation

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