elimination English · revision 15089

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˌlɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun of action formed from [[eliminate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The divulging of secrets, a sense now obsolete: 1601.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) Etymonline gives a casting out, about 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Expulsion or getting rid of anything is from 1627.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) In algebra, the removal of a quantity from equations is from 1845,^(OED 1989) and in physiology the throwing off of waste matter from the body from 1855.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Figurative uses are from 1859.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1601 – divulging secrets (obsolete).^(OED 1989)^(HTOED)

+ * 1627 – expulsion, removal.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1845 – elimination (algebra).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – expulsion of waste matter.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of eliminating, or the state of being eliminated; [[removal]].^(Collins 2023)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # ''(physiology)'' The expulsion of waste matter from the body.^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(algebra)'' The removal of an unknown quantity from a set of equations.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonelimination]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eliminate]]

+ * [[eliminator]]

+ * [[limit]]

+ * [[liminal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}