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Eliminate is defined as to take out or leave out.

(verb)

An example of eliminate is someone being taken out of a competition.

See eliminate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to take out; remove; get rid of
to leave out of consideration; reject; omit
to drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition
Algebra to get rid of (an unknown quantity) by combining equations
Physiol. to expel (waste products) from the body; excrete

Origin: < L eliminatus, pp. of eliminare, to turn out of doors, banish < e-, out + limen, threshold (akin to limes, boundary) < IE base *(e)lei-, to bend > limb

Related Forms:

elimination noun
eliminative adjective
eliminator noun
eliminatory adjective

See eliminate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates

To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.
b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).

Origin:

Origin: Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + līmen, līmin-, threshold

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