Eliminate Definition
ĭ-lĭmə-nāt
eliminated, eliminates, eliminating
verb
eliminated, eliminates, eliminating
To take out; remove; get rid of.
Webster's New World
To leave out of consideration; reject; omit.
Webster's New World
To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
American Heritage
To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition.
Webster's New World
To get rid of (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Eliminate
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From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.
From Wiktionary
Latin ēlīmināre ēlīmināt- to banish ē-, ex- ex- līmen līmin- threshold
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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