v.
Pronunciation: i- ' li-m ə - ˌ n ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -nat · ed ; -nat · ing
Etymology: Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare, from e- + limin-, limen threshold
Date: 1568
transitive verb
1 a : to put an end to or get rid of : REMOVE , ERADICATE <the need to eliminate poverty> < eliminate errors> b : to remove from consideration <cannot yet eliminate him as a suspect> c : to remove from further competition by defeating <the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs>
2 : to expel (as waste) from the living body
3 : to cause (as an unknown) to disappear by combining two or more mathematical equations
intransitive verb : to expel waste from the living body
– elim · i · na · tive \ - ' li-m ə - ˌ n ā -tiv \ adjective
– elim · i · na · tor \ - ˌ n ā -t ə r \ noun