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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-lim-uh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt

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Définition of eliminates

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" (see ex-) + limine, ablative of limen "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
  • Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating; eliminative; eliminatory.
  • verb remove, throw out
Example sentences :
  • He can tinker up almost anything, and that eliminates the blacksmith.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • In one case, where Mark has a slur on physicians, Luke eliminates it.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • "Then that eliminates all but some member of the office staff," says Old Hickory.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • It eliminates all difference which may exist between a perception and an emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
  • That eliminates all the others except three—Morton's, Sebring's, and Rothstein's.
  • Extract from : « Subspace Survivors » by E. E. Smith
  • It eliminates alike that which is better than the environment and that which is worse.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of American Government » by J. Allen Smith
  • This eliminates the washing of dishes with the strong fishy odor.
  • Extract from : « Standard Paper-Bag Cookery » by Emma Paddock Telford
  • Yes; but this eliminates the necessity for making a contract, because this gives certain people rights.
  • Extract from : « Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright » by United States Committee on Patents
  • In representing this technically he simplifies, emphasises, eliminates and abstracts.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and the Beast » by Stewart A. McDowall
  • This eliminates the idea that the cave adapted the animals for the life in the dark.
  • Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb

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