eliminating
US · UKi-LIM-i-nayt-ing/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt.ɪŋ/AUSuh-LIM-i-nayt-ing/əˈlɪm.ɪ.næɪt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of eliminate.
The committee is eliminating outdated rules one section at a time.
Eliminating the bottleneck doubled the factory's daily output.
Note
The -ing form carries every use of eliminate and takes an object just as the verb does: eliminating the bottleneck, where the noun needs of (the elimination of the bottleneck). Only the bodily sense can stand without an object, as in the kidneys are eliminating normally. Every other use expects a target: outdated rules, a rival team, a suspect, or inter-company amounts in a consolidation statement.
eliminating 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 → eliminating: drop the e, add -ing
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