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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseliminar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eliminar
"Precisamos eliminar os desperdícios."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To completely remove or get rid of something.
"A balanced diet helps to eliminate toxins from the body."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Latin 'eliminatus', past participle of 'eliminare', meaning 'to turn out of doors', from 'e-' (out of) + 'limen' (threshold).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "eliminate" is said worldwide
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éliminer
Transliteration: éliminer
"Il faut éliminer les erreurs."
beseitigen
Transliteration: beseitigen
"Wir müssen das Problem beseitigen."
eliminare
Transliteration: eliminare
"Dobbiamo eliminare i costi superflui."
eliminar
Transliteration: eliminar
"Debemos eliminar este riesgo."
eliminar
Transliteration: eliminar
"Precisamos eliminar os desperdícios."
समाapt करना
Transliteration: samapt karna
Script: समाप्त करना
"हमें गरीबी को समाप्त करना चाहिए।"
消除
Transliteration: xiāochú
"我们必须消除这些障碍。"
제거하다
Transliteration: jegeo-hada
"우리는 위험 요소를 제거해야 한다."
排除する
Transliteration: haijo suru
"エラーを排除する必要があります。"
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