English Dictionary

eliminate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˈlɪməneɪt/

動詞

他動詞 俗語 自動詞

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. / (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal). / (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

日本語の意味

完全に取り除く、なくす / （スラングで）人や動物を殺す、処分する / （生理学的に）老廃物を排泄する

The new recycling program aims to eliminate plastic waste from the city within five years.

新しいリサイクル計画は、5年以内に市内のプラスチック廃棄物を根絶することを目指している。

意味（1）

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.

意味（2）

(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

In one study, 65.8% of the cat owners relinquishing a cat thought that their cat eliminated outside the litter box or destroyed furniture to spite them.

意味（4）

(transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

意味（5）

(accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

eliminates （ present singular third-person ）

eliminating （ participle present ）

eliminated （ participle past ）

eliminated （ past ）