eliminate
verb OPAL W
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they eliminate | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it eliminates | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪts/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple eliminated | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle eliminated | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form eliminating | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- to remove or get rid of something
- eliminate something Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
- eliminate something from something This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
Extra Examples- The risk cannot be eliminated altogether.
- The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people.
- This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident.
- Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet.
- a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry
- Transmissions of the disease through this route have virtually been eliminated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- seek to
- take steps to
- try to
- …
- from
- to stop considering that somebody/something might be responsible for something or chosen for something
- eliminate somebody/something from something The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation.
- eliminate somebody/something (as something) Malaria was eliminated as a cause of death.
Extra Examples- He was later released after being eliminated from the enquiry.
- We can only be certain once we have eliminated every other possible explanation.
- [usually passive] to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc. synonym knock out
- be eliminated All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
- be eliminated from something She was eliminated from the tournament in the first round.
- eliminate somebody (formal) to kill somebody, especially an enemy or opponent
- Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.
- They attempted to eliminate him as a political rival.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘drive out’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors’, from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold’.