eliminates
US · UKi-LIM-i-nayts/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪts/AUSuh-LIM-i-nayts/əˈlɪm.ɪ.næɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of eliminate.
The new filter eliminates nearly all the dust from the incoming air.
A single loss eliminates the team from the tournament entirely.
Note
A singular subject in the present calls for this form: the rule eliminates, she eliminates. Nearly every meaning behind it is transitive, so it wants an object: the filter eliminates dust, and a loss eliminates a team. The bodily sense of excreting waste is the exception, because there the object can drop away (the kidneys eliminate efficiently). In the other senses, a bare 'it eliminates' sounds unfinished.
eliminates is a form of eliminate
eliminate, verb: To completely remove something or get rid of it, putting an end to it. Full entry
- Forms
- eliminateeliminates he/she/iteliminating -ing formeliminated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- eliminate → eliminates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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