What does Eliminate mean?

Definitions for Eliminate
ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪtelim·i·nate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withverb

    terminate, end, or take out

    "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

  2. obviate, rid of, eliminateverb

    do away with

  3. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry offverb

    kill in large numbers

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

  4. rule out, eliminate, winnow out, rejectverb

    dismiss from consideration or a contest

    "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

  5. excrete, egest, eliminate, passverb

    eliminate from the body

    "Pass a kidney stone"

  6. eliminateverb

    remove from a contest or race

    "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

  7. eliminateverb

    remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Wiktionary

  1. eliminateverb

    To kill (a person or animal).

  2. eliminateverb

    To excrete (waste products).

  3. eliminateverb

    To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

  4. eliminateverb

    To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

  5. Etymology: From eliminatus, past participle of eliminare, from e + limen, akin to limes; see limit.

ChatGPT

  1. eliminate

    Eliminate generally means to remove or get rid of something completely. It can refer to a wide variety of actions such as destroying, eradicating, excluding, or dismissing something from a certain context or environment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eliminateverb

    to put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty

  2. Eliminateverb

    to cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity

  3. Eliminateverb

    to set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration

  4. Eliminateverb

    to obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion

  5. Eliminateverb

    to separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system

  6. Etymology: [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Eliminate

    ē-lim′in-āt, v.t. to thrust out: to remove, cancel: to leave out of consideration.—adj. Elim′inable.—n. Eliminā′tion. [L. eliminăre, -ātume, out, limen, liminis, a threshold.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'Eliminate' in Verbs Frequency: #641

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Eliminate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Eliminate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Eliminate in a Sentence

  1. Brian Isaacson:

    I know some devices have the special lighting settings, but even those don't completely eliminate all the harmful effects of technology.

  2. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:

    Unfortunately two countries which are committed to peace and stability are in danger from regional and international terrorism, our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region.

  3. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:

    If the states agree, we'll eliminate 'cold progression'.

  4. North Korea:

    Senator, I absolutely was an advocate... confirming to US law... to eliminate the security risk posed to North Korea summitDuring Haspel officers by those tapes.

  5. Emma Joy:

    We found out a lot of people don't know that, that's the point: to educate the public and to eliminate this issue of being afraid to talk about it. It shouldn't be a thing we hide.

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