"filter out" meaning in English

See filter out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: filters out [present, singular, third-person], filtering out [participle, present], filtered out [participle, past], filtered out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} filter out (third-person singular simple present filters out, present participle filtering out, simple past and past participle filtered out)
  1. (transitive) To selectively remove part of something. Tags: transitive Translations (To selectively remove part of something): адфільтро́ўваць (adfilʹtróŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адфільтрава́ць (adfilʹtravácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), vyfiltrovat (Czech), odfiltrowywać [imperfective] (Polish), odfiltrować [perfective] (Polish), отфильтро́вывать (otfilʹtróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отфильтрова́ть (otfilʹtrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), quitar filtrando (Spanish), eliminar filtrando (Spanish), tamizar (Spanish), відфільтро́вувати (vidfilʹtróvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відфільтрува́ти (vidfilʹtruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-filter_out-en-verb-UKXjftP3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'To selectively remove part of something': 90 10
  2. (intransitive) To come out gradually (e.g. news). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-filter_out-en-verb-nO92ZNGE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 27 73

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "vidfilʹtróvuvaty",
          "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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          "roman": "vidfilʹtruváty",
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        "(intransitive) To come out gradually (e.g. news)."
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      "roman": "adfilʹtróŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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      "word": "адфільтро́ўваць"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "adfilʹtravácʹ",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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      "word": "адфільтрава́ць"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "word": "vyfiltrovat"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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      "roman": "otfilʹtróvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "отфильтро́вывать"
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      "roman": "otfilʹtrovátʹ",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
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      "word": "отфильтрова́ть"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "word": "quitar filtrando"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "word": "eliminar filtrando"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "word": "tamizar"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vidfilʹtróvuvaty",
      "sense": "To selectively remove part of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "відфільтро́вувати"
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      "roman": "vidfilʹtruváty",
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