eliminate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈlɪməneɪt/
[edit] Verb
eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)
- (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.[1]
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- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
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[edit] Translations
completely destroy
kill
eliminate the effects of intercompany transactions in a consolidation statement
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[edit] External links
- eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- eliminate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
eliminate
- second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
- second-person plural imperative of eliminare
- Feminine plural of eliminato
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
ēlīmināte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēlīminō
