"elimination" meaning in English

See elimination in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elimination.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-elimination.wav Forms: eliminations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From eliminate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eliminate|ion}} eliminate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} elimination (countable and uncountable, plural eliminations)
  1. The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off): حذف (Arabic), отстраняване (otstranjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), odstranění [neuter] (Czech), eliminace [feminine] (Czech), élimination [feminine] (French), eliminación [feminine] (Galician), აღმოფხვრა (aɣmopxvra) (Georgian), ელიმინაცია (eliminacia) [colloquial] (Georgian), Elimination [feminine] (German), εξάλειψη (exáleipsi) [feminine] (Greek), εξοβελισμός (exovelismós) [masculine] (Greek), kiküszöbölés (Hungarian), kiiktatás (Hungarian), eliminazione [feminine] (Italian), whakamōtītanga (Maori), eliminacja [feminine] (Polish), eliminare [feminine] (Romanian), элиминация (eliminacija) [feminine] (Russian), eliminación [feminine] (Spanish), ҳазф (hazf) (Tajik)
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  2. The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-YjVFSMay Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 10 23 14 14 8 9
  3. (television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-sOcvtfvJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 20 20 18 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 2 20 19 18 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 24 5 19 17 18 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 8 21 16 17 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 6 20 16 16 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 8 21 15 17 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 4 18 18 19 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 7 18 17 21 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 10 23 14 14 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 24 6 20 16 18 9 7 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  4. (biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (act of discharging or excreting waste products): eliminación [feminine] (Galician), αποβολή (apovolí) [feminine] (Greek), kiürülés (Hungarian), kiürítés (Hungarian), eliminare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-CYJcpzk7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 20 20 18 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 2 20 19 18 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 24 5 19 17 18 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 8 21 16 17 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 6 20 16 16 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 8 21 15 17 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 4 18 18 19 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 7 18 17 21 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 10 23 14 14 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 24 6 20 16 18 9 7 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'act of discharging or excreting waste products': 16 4 13 43 11 7 6
  5. (mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation): съкращаване (sǎkraštavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), eliminación [feminine] (Galician), Elimination [feminine] (German), απαλοιφή (apaloifí) [feminine] (Greek), eliminazione [feminine] (Italian), افنا (ifna) (Ottoman Turkish), eliminare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-GR0RT6Jg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 20 20 18 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 2 20 19 18 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 24 5 19 17 18 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 8 21 16 17 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 6 20 16 16 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 8 21 15 17 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 4 18 18 19 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 7 18 17 21 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 10 23 14 14 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 6 20 16 16 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 6 21 16 17 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 24 6 20 16 18 9 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation': 8 6 7 7 62 6 5
  6. (logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction): Elimination [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-Hv83mF-G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 2 20 19 18 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 24 5 19 17 18 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 4 18 18 19 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 7 18 17 21 10 7 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction': 8 3 4 4 4 73 3
  7. (accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of intercompany transactions): eliminointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-elimination-en-noun-EnbTekqL Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of intercompany transactions': 9 5 10 8 9 6 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eliminable, eliminant, eliminate, eliminative, eliminator, eliminatory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition."
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        "(television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition."
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        "uncountable"
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        "broadcasting",
        "media",
        "television"
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        "The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories."
      ],
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        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
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        [
          "discharging",
          "discharging"
        ],
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          "excreting",
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          "waste"
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          "emunctories",
          "emunctory"
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        "(biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities."
      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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          "disappear"
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          "equation"
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        "(mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Logic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction."
      ],
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        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "separation",
          "separation"
        ],
        [
          "deduction",
          "deduction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Accounting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions."
      ],
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        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
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    },
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "حذف"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstranjavane",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отстраняване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odstranění"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminace"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "élimination"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣmopxvra",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "აღმოფხვრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eliminacia",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "ელიმინაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Elimination"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exáleipsi",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εξάλειψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exovelismós",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξοβελισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "kiküszöbölés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "kiiktatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "whakamōtītanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eliminacija",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "элиминация"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hazf",
      "sense": "act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off",
      "word": "ҳазф"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of discharging or excreting waste products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apovolí",
      "sense": "act of discharging or excreting waste products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποβολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of discharging or excreting waste products",
      "word": "kiürülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of discharging or excreting waste products",
      "word": "kiürítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of discharging or excreting waste products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎkraštavane",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съкращаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Elimination"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apaloifí",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απαλοιφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ifna",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "word": "افنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eliminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Elimination"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of intercompany transactions",
      "word": "eliminointi"
    }
  ],
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    "elimination"
  ],
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}

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