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eliminate

Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/

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Definition of eliminate

verb

[with object]
  • 1completely remove or get rid of (something):a policy that would eliminate inflation
  • exclude (someone or something) from consideration or further participation:the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries (as adjective eliminating)teams who had fought their way through the eliminating rounds
  • 2expel (waste matter) from the body:this diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body
  • 3 Mathematics remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent.
  • 4 Chemistry generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules: the acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other, and water is eliminated

Derivatives

eliminable

Pronunciation: /-nəb(ə)l/

adjective

elimination

Pronunciation: /-ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

eliminator

noun

eliminatory

Pronunciation: /-nət(ə)ri/

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'drive out'): from Latin eliminat- 'turned out of doors', from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + limen, limin- 'threshold'

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