/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
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Translation
To remove something completely, or to knock a player or team out of a competition.
Word origin
From Latin eliminare meaning to push out of the door, from e (out) and limen (doorstep).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- eliminare
- English cognates
- preliminary
Grammar
Verb typeregular (eliminate, eliminates, eliminated)
Examples
mistakes .
Eliminate means to remove something completely.
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In sport, an eliminated team is out of the competition.
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Here eliminate means the need is gone completely.
Used in
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