English-Thai Dictionary

eliminate

VT ขจัด  กำจัด  ถอนราก  get rid of take out ka-jad

 

eliminate

VT ทำให้ แพ้  ทำให้ แพ้ จึง ถูก คัดออก  tam-hai-pare

 

eliminate from

PHRV กำจัด ไป จาก  ขจัด ไป จาก  kam-jad-pai-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELIMINATE

v.t.[L. elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold. ] 1. To thrust out of doors.
2. To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty.
This detains secretions which nature finds it necessary to eliminate.

 

ELIMINATED

pp. Expelled; thrown off; discharged.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELIMINATE

E *lim "i *nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Eliminating. ] Etym: [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit. ]

 

1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

 

2. (Alg. )

 

Defn: To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

 

3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth.

 

4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized ]

 

5. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

eliminate

e lim i nate |iˈliməˌnāt əˈlɪməˌneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] completely remove or get rid of (something ): a policy that would eliminate inflation. • exclude (someone or something ) from consideration: the police have eliminated Larry from their inquiries. • murder (a rival or political opponent ). • (usu. be eliminated ) exclude (a person or team ) from further participation in a sporting competition following defeat or inadequate results: the Bears were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round. • Mathematics remove (a variable ) from an equation, typically by substituting another that is shown by a different equation to be equivalent. • Chemistry generate or remove (a simple substance ) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules. • Physiology expel (waste matter ) from the body. DERIVATIVES e lim i na ble |-nəbəl |adjective, e lim i na tion |iˌliməˈnāSHən |noun, e lim i na tor |-ˌnātər |noun, e lim i na to ry |-nəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘drive out, expel ’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors, ’ from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

eliminate

eliminate |ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 completely remove or get rid of (something ): a policy that would eliminate inflation. • exclude (someone or something ) from consideration or further participation: the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries | (as adj. eliminating ) : teams who had fought their way through the eliminating rounds. 2 expel (waste matter ) from the body: this diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body. 3 Mathematics remove (a variable ) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent. 4 Chemistry generate (a simple substance ) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules. DERIVATIVES eliminable |-nəb (ə )l |adjective, elimination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, eliminator noun, eliminatory |-nət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘drive out ’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors ’, from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

eliminate

eliminate verb 1 a policy that would eliminate inflation: remove, get rid of, put an end to, do away with, end, stop, terminate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, wipe out, extinguish. 2 he was eliminated in the first round of competition: knock out, beat; exclude, rule out, disqualify.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

eliminate

eliminate verb 1 the cause of the disease has been eliminated: remove, get rid of, abolish, put an end to, do away with, banish; end, stop, terminate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, finish off; informal give something the chop, knock something on the head. 2 he was eliminated from the title race: knock out, beat, get rid of; rule out, disqualify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

eliminate

e lim i nate /ɪlɪ́mɪnèɪt / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖語源は 「家から外へ追い出す 」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -nating 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉 «…から » 〈不必要な物 人 〉を削除 [排除 ]する , 除く ; 【考慮などから 】〈人 物 〉をはずす, 無視する «from » ▸ eliminate risk 危険性を排除する ▸ The drug eliminated the need for surgery .その薬のおかげで手術の必要がなくなった ▸ The police eliminated her from their inquiries .警察は彼女を取り調べからはずした .2 〖通例be ～d 〗〈チームなどが 〉【競技などから 】敗退 [脱落 ]する «from » ▸ They were eliminated from the tournament in the second round .彼らは2回戦でトーナメントから姿を消した 3 ｟書 ｠〈敵 人 〉を殺す, 抹殺する ▸ eliminate the criminals 犯人を消す (!killと比べて, 自己の行為をより正当化しようとする場合に使う ) 4 〘数 〙…を消去する .5 〘生理 〙〈老廃物 〉を 排泄 （はいせつ ）する .