élimine

Élimine is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb éliminer. It corresponds to the English phrase “he eliminates” or “she eliminates” and is used with a subject such as il or elle. The verb éliminer means to remove, exclude, or get rid of something, and it encompasses actions ranging from practical cleaning to logical or systematic exclusion.

Conjugation of éliminer in the present indicative is: j’élimine, tu élimines, il/elle élimine, nous éliminons, vous éliminez, ils/elles éliminent. The form élimine therefore appears in two common contexts: as il élimine (he eliminates) or, in imperative phrases, as Élimine (tu eliminates) when issuing a direct command.

Usage and scope include both concrete and abstract removals. In everyday language one might say that someone eliminates an obstacle, eliminates a mistake, or eliminates a candidate in a selection process. In sports, a team can eliminate another team from a tournament. In data processing or scientific work, the term is used to describe removing duplicates, outliers, or invalid entries.

Etymology traces éliminer to the Latin eliminare, formed from ex- “out” plus limen “threshold,” traditionally interpreted as removing what lies at the threshold or outside a boundary. The French verb entered into common use in the modern sense of removing or excluding elements.

See also: élimination, éliminatoire, éliminable, éliminer.