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verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
1.
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
2.
to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.
3.
to remove from further consideration or competition, especially by defeating in a contest.
4.
to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
5.
EXPANDPhysiology. to void or expel from an organism.
6.
COLLAPSEMathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
Origin:
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4; < Latin ēlīminātus turned out of doors (past participle of ēlīmināre), equivalent to ē- e- + līmin-, stem of līmen threshold + -ātus -ate1
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4; < Latin ēlīminātus turned out of doors (past participle of ēlīmināre), equivalent to ē- e- + līmin-, stem of līmen threshold + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
EXPANDwell-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 2. reject.
1, 2. reject.
Antonyms
2. include.
2. include.
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Word Origin & History
eliminate
1560s, from L. eliminatus, pp. of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" + limine, abl. of limen "threshold." Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating.
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