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delete
to strike out or cancel, as from a text
Not to be confused with:
erase – remove, as by rubbing or wiping out
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de·lete
(dĭ-lēt′)tr.v. de·let·ed, de·let·ing, de·letes
1.
a. To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived: deleted the expletives from the transcript with a marker.
b. To remove from a document or record: deleted the names from the computer file. See Synonyms at erase.
2. To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
[Latin dēlēre, dēlēt-, to wipe out.]
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delete
(dɪˈliːt)vb
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to remove (something printed or written); erase; cancel; strike out
[C17: from Latin dēlēre to destroy, obliterate]
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de•lete
(dɪˈlit)v.t. -let•ed, -let•ing.
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
[1485–95; < Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre to destroy]
de•let′a•ble, adj.
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delete
Past participle: deleted
Gerund: deleting
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| Verb | 1. | delete - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| 2. | delete - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" demagnetise, demagnetize - erase (a magnetic storage device) | |
| 3. | delete - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" |
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delete
verb remove, cancel, cut out, erase, edit, excise, strike out, obliterate, efface, blot out, cross out, expunge, dele, rub out, edit out, blue-pencil He deleted files from the computer system.
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Translations
حذفيحذفيَحْذِفُيَحْذِف، يَمْحو
vymazatvyškrtnout
slettestrygefjerne
eksigiforpreniforstreki
poistaa
obrisati
töröl
strika út, òurrka út
削除する
삭제하다
išbraukimasišbrauktiištrintiištrynimas
izdzēstizsvītrot
izbrisati
radera
ลบ
xóa
delete
[dɪˈliːt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
delete
[dɪˈliːt] vtCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
delete
vt → streichen (from von); (Comput) file, data → löschen; “delete where applicable” → „Nichtzutreffendes or nicht Zutreffendes (bitte) streichen“
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
delete
[dɪˈliːt] vt (gen) (Comput) → cancellareto delete (from) (item, from list, catalogue) → togliere (da); (mistake, line) → cancellare (da)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
delete
(diˈliːt) verb to rub or strike out (eg a piece of writing). Delete his name from the list.
deˈletion nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
delete
→ يَحْذِفُ vymazat slette streichen διαγράφω suprimir poistaa effacer obrisati cancellare 削除する 삭제하다 verwijderen slette usunąć deletar, eliminar удалять radera ลบ silmek xóa 删除Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009