What does eliminate mean?
Word: Eliminate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Eliminate means to remove or get rid of something completely. In a contest, to be eliminated means to be knocked out.
Synonyms: remove, get rid of, knock out
Antonyms: add
How do you spell eliminate?
Syllables: e - lim - i - nate
Tricky part: Only one l. Elliminate, with a double l, is the most frequent mistake.
Watch out for: elliminate, elimminate, elimenate
Memory tip: A name hides inside: e-li-MINA-te. Your friend Mina crosses out wrong answers one by one.
Eliminate in a sentence
Example 1: Washing hands helps eliminate germs.
Example 2: Our team was eliminated in the semi-final.
Example 3: Try to eliminate the options you know are wrong.
Fun Fact
Eliminate comes from the Latin eliminare, to push out of the door. Its root limen means doorstep.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
eliminate
a) cancel
b) include
c) erase
d) delete
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b) include. To include is to keep something in; to eliminate is to take it out.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to form a word:
el_minat_
a) e, e
b) i, a
c) a, e
d) i, e
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d) i, e. An i follows the l, and a silent e ends the word.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) eliminate
b) winnar
c) competision
d) tournamant
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a) eliminate. Think of a quiz: competition, tournament and winner are all misspelt here, but eliminate is right.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
taimenlie
a) eilminate
b) eliminaet
c) lieminate
d) eliminate
Show answer
d) eliminate. Find the name Mina in the letters, then build the rest of the word around her.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To eliminate litter from the park, the children ____.
a) covered it with leaves
b) pushed it into a corner
c) picked it all up
d) counted every piece
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c) picked it all up
2. In a quiz, the team that is eliminated ____.
a) loses a few points
b) moves to the next round
c) gets a second chance
d) leaves the contest
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d) leaves the contest
