transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈli-mə-ˌnāt ]
verb
( -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 -ˈli-mə-ˌnā-tiv adjective
• elim·i·na·tor -ˌnā-tər noun