elimination

UK/ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/US/ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,417 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: eliminations

Elimination is the removing of somebody or something completely. Elimination of waste, an elimination round, by process of elimination.

Process of elimination is the method of ruling out possibilities until one is left, and it is how most diagnosis and most detective work is actually done. In sport an elimination round removes teams rather than ranking them.

Definitions of elimination

1nouneliminationThe removing of somebody or something completely.B2+
“The team's elimination from the World Cup left fans in tears.”

elimination is a removing.

Where it comes from

Latin eliminatio comes from eliminare, to turn out of doors — e, out, plus limen, a threshold.

Latin
ēliminātiō
English, today
elimination

Borrowed from Latin ēliminātiō, from eliminate + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

elimination in the wild

In mathematics, Gaussian elimination, also known as row reduction, is an algorithm for solving systems of linear equations.
Gaussian elimination
Finally, the pyrolysis of xanthate and acetate esters proceed through an "internal" elimination mechanism, the Ei mechanism.
Elimination reaction
The Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling elimination-based match held in the WWE.
Elimination Chamber
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.
Single-elimination tournament
Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system.
Single-elimination tournament

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