Main Entry: elim·i·nate

Pronunciation: \i-ˈli-mə-ˌnāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): elim·i·nat·ed; elim·i·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 equationsintransitive verb : to expel waste from the living body

— elim·i·na·tive \-ˈli-mə-ˌnā-tiv\ adjective

— elim·i·na·tor \-ˌnā-tər\ noun