elimination

CEFRB2

/ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of removing or getting rid of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.

Examples

  • Lorenzo took part in the single elimination tournament.

  • You need to start an elimination diet.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.

  2. The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.

  3. The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

More examples

In context

  • "Why me?" "Because, by process of elimination, there was no other choice."

  • Everton require at least 3 goals in the second leg to avoid elimination from the FA Cup.

  • The real savings of OCR come from the elimination of redundant keyboardings of the same data; from eliminating multiple verification steps; from reducing the number of documents needed to complete a transaction; […]

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin ēliminātiō, from eliminate + -ion.