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Meaning of filter out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To selectively remove part of something.
    transitive
  2. To come out gradually (e.g. news).
    intransitive

Equivalents

Čeština vyfiltrovat
Español eliminar filtrando filtrar filtrar fuera de filtrar hacia afuera quitar filtrando tamizar
한국어 거르다
Polski odfiltrować odfiltrowywać
Русский отфильтрова́ть отфильтро́вывать
Українська відфільтровувати відфільтрувати

Examples

“The sieve will filter out large rocks and grains of sand.”
“The brain automatically filters out useless information.”
“The story of last winter's unprecedented snowstorms in Great Britain is slowly filtering out.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

filter up filtered filtered down filtered out filtered up filterest

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