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eliminate
English
Etymology
From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?m?ne?t/
Verb
eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)
- (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
- (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
- (excrete): See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
Related terms
- eliminable
- eliminant
- elimination
- eliminative
- eliminator
- eliminatory
Hyponyms
- give the chop to
- give the boot to
- give the sack to
- give the walking papers to
Translations
Further reading
- eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eliminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- itameline
Italian
Verb
eliminate
- second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
- second-person plural imperative of eliminare
- feminine plural of eliminato
Latin
Verb
?l?min?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?min?
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replace
English
Etymology
re- +? place
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ple?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- The earl...was replaced in his government.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- (transitive) to take over the position or role from.
- Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of
- 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
- 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
Synonyms
- (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Derived terms
- replaceable
- replacee
- replacement
- replacer
- replacing switch
- replacive
See also
- eliminate
Translations
References
replace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- percale
French
Verb
replace
- first-person singular present indicative of replacer
- third-person singular present indicative of replacer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
- second-person singular imperative of replacer
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