Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1207 of 1319

eliminate (v.)

to remove

Examples

  • Eliminate errors.

Key rules

  • Eliminate means remove or get rid of completely
  • Eliminate errors, eliminate competition
  • Elimination is the noun

Common mistakes

  • We need to eliminate of errors → We need to eliminate errors
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