elimination

[ih-lim-uh-ney-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of eliminating.

2. the state of being eliminated.

3. Mathematics.,  the process of solving a system of simultaneous equations by using various techniques to remove the variables successively.

4. Sports.,  a game, bout, or match in a tournament in which an individual or team is eliminated from the competition after one defeat.

elimination

/ ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated

2. logic (qualified by the name of an operation) a syntactic rule specifying the conditions under which a formula or statement containing the specified operation may permit the derivation of others that do not contain it

   conjunction-elimination

   universal elimination

3. chem a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide

Other Word Forms

• nonelimination noun
• preelimination noun
• proelimination adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of elimination¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; eliminate + -ion

Example Sentences

And in the World Series, they faced elimination in Games 6 and 7, narrowly winning both to complete their quest to repeat.

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The organisers boast that they received more than 10,000 applications for the competition, which was whittled down to 1,000 spots in the elimination rounds.

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What followed was a run in the Champions League that took the club all the way to the semi-finals, with victories over the likes of Juventus and Bayern Munich before their eventual elimination by Liverpool.

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The Dodgers, meanwhile, face the dread of elimination, entering Thursday’s off-day in a frantic search to make things right.

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But this isn’t to say that workers of any age should blithely assume they’ll be immune to job eliminations due to AI.

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Related Words

• destruction 
• eradication 
• expulsion 
• rejection 
• withdrawal