éliminer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- dispose verb To get rid of something (usually with 'of').
- eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
- expunge verb To erase or strike out.
- purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
Senses
éliminer is used for these senses in English:
- cancel (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- dispose (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
- eliminate (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- expunge (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
- purge (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
- rule out (idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
cancel — full definition
- verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- verb To make something officially invalid.
- verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
- verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.
dispense — full definition
- verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- verb To do without something, or get rid of the need for it (used with 'with').