to filter out
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3.8
- phrasal verb
- /ˈfɪltər aʊt/
:
filtrar
- The water purification system can filter out harmful contaminants to provide clean drinking water.
- filter out noise
- filter out particles
- filter out information
The gumtragusanth gets filtered out, leaving just the fluid.
- The gumtragusanth gets filtered out, leaving just the fluid.
- That's part of the the room ambience that you, you kind of need to filter out depending on what you're doing with it.
- The brain exists in a just bath of heuristics, and it has to, you have to filter out more information than you let in.
- And so when I watch her do her thing, I realize that she is, she is seeing information that my brain filters out.
- So you'll notice we have the same shirt that we used to filter out the all the sediment and wood pulp and stuff.
- We don't know, for example, what gets filtered out on Zoom.
- How do you keep from filtering out that kind of magic?
- This make sure that we filter out any unwanted noise or false reading.
- Because we, before we copied over the entire array, filtered it out, right?
Examples
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All nonessential compounds have been filtered out.
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If it detects any insulin in my bloodstream without that marker, it filters it out.
Fiction book (1999) -
Why would Google Earth filter out good data?
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And this part of our brain, its job is to help us see what we're focused on and to filter out the rest.
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Let's filter out all the noise we picked up along the way.
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I will have to filter out all other energy emissions.
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In our everyday lives, our minds filter out most of the information our senses give us.
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Over time, I had learned to filter out his actual voice and hear only the kiosk's translation.
Fiction book (1997) -
The atmosphere eventually filters out many secondary cosmic rays before they reach Earth's surface.
Academic text (2004) -
Layers of sand and granular activated carbon then filter out any remaining particles.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
138
3.0
To pass something through a device that removes unwanted parts
51
4.5
Force unwanted people or things out of a place, often using water
49
6.3
To remove unwanted substances, things, or people by cleaning
41
3.9
Remove unwanted parts from a material to make it pure
37
3.8
To remove unwanted people or things from a group
30
4.6
To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean
26
3.7
To remove solid bits from a liquid using a filter or sieve
15
6.3
Remove a substance or part from material like soil
9
2.0
Clean something using water to remove dirt or stains
9
4.3
To check and remove people or things that are not wanted
9
7.0
To remove harmful substances from a place or thing to make it safe
7
3.7
Remove one part from a mixture using a filter or another method
7
8.2
Pass a liquid through a sieve to remove solids
5
4.2
To remove solid bits so a liquid becomes clear
2
5.4
To remove harmful substances from something to make it safe
1
8.6
To remove ions from water to make it purer
1
5.3
Remove unwanted bits from food or material by passing them through a screen
To remove solid parts from a liquid or gas using a filter
Removes harmful or unwanted substances to make something clean
Take harmful substances out of something to make it safe
To remove unwanted things so only useful ones remain
Antonyms
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
filter + out
The meaning 'to remove unwanted substances or elements' is directly derivable from combining 'filter' (to separate or remove unwanted parts) with the particle 'out' which signals removal or exclusion. This verb+particle composition follows a common, predictable pattern in English (and similar constructions exist in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Filter out comes from the everyday picture of pouring a mixture through a filter, which catches the unwanted bits while the clean part goes out. So, it means 'to remove unwanted things'.