The meaning of Delete

Delete – definition

verb
Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
Usage examples:
The passage was deleted
Synonims:
Remove Cut out Take out Edit out Expunge Excise Eradicate Cancel Unpublish Cross out Strike out Put a line through Blue-pencil Ink out Score out Scratch out Obliterate White out Rub out Erase

noun
A command or key on a computer which erases text.
Usage examples:
You can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program

verb
To remove (part or all of) a written or electronic text
Usage examples:
[ t ] she accidentally deleted one of her computer files., [ t ] the editor deleted the last three …

verb
To remove something that is written or printed in a document, etc.
Usage examples:
The new law had inadvertently deleted a section of existing labor law that dealt with overtime for …

Delete translation into English

Delete: translate from English into Chinese

删除, 删, 略, 杠, 歼

Delete: translate from English into Dutch

Verwijderen, Doorhalen, Uitwissen, Wegvagen, Uitvegen, Uitschrappen

Delete: translate from English into French

Effacer, Rayer, Barrer

Delete: translate from English into German

Löschen, Streichen, Tilgen, Ausstreichen, Herausstreichen

Delete: translate from English into Hindi

मिटाना, हटाना, विलोपन, काटना, बरबाद करना, तबाह करना, काट देना, क़लम फेरना, क़लम खींचना, कम करना

Delete: translate from English into Italian

Elimina, Cancellare, Annullare

Delete: translate from English into Korean

삭제, 지우다, 삭제하다

Delete: translate from English into Russian

Удалить, Удалять, Стирать, Исключать, Вычеркивать, Вымарывать

Delete: translate from English into Spanish

Eliminar, Borrar, Suprimir, Cancelar, Tachar, Invalidar, Cesar

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere .

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Delete – similar words

deleter

noun
A person who or thing which deletes something.

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deleted

verb
Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
Usage examples:
The passage was deleted

noun
A command or key on a computer which erases text.
Usage examples:
You can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program

verb
Past simple and past participle of delete
Usage examples:
They insisted that all expletives be deleted from the article., here is a list of possible answers.…

All meanings and translations of Deleted

Delete synonims

blue-pencil

noun
If a person goes over a piece of writing with a blue pencil, they remove or change some of the words to improve it or make it acceptable.

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cancel

verb
Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
Usage examples:
He was forced to cancel his visit

noun
A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
Usage examples:
A stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel

verb
To decide that something arranged in advance will not happen, or to state that you do not wish to receive something
Usage examples:
[ i ] we were supposed to meet for dinner but elise had to cancel at the last minute., [ t ] he col…

All meanings and translations of Cancel

cross out

phrasal verb
Remove from a list

phrasal verb
To draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong
Usage examples:
If you think it's wrong, cross it out and write it again.

All meanings and translations of Cross out

cut out

phrasal verb
Form and create by cutting out

noun
A piece of card cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with a large photograph of that person on it
Usage examples:
He had his picture taken with a lifesize cardboard cutout of the president., his characters are car…

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eradicate

verb
Destroy completely; put an end to.
Usage examples:
This disease has been eradicated from the world

verb
To get rid of or destroy something completely
Usage examples:
A new vaccine eradicated polio.

All meanings and translations of Eradicate

erase

verb
Rub out or remove (writing or marks).
Usage examples:
Graffiti had been erased from the wall

verb
To destroy or remove something completely
Usage examples:
A subdirectory filled with precious data can be erased if you are not careful., i kept changing my …

verb
To cancel the effect of an increase or fall in something such as an amount of debt, the price of shares, etc.
Usage examples:
Erase a deficit/debt/loss to erase the budget deficit through cuts alone would mean extreme measure…

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excise

noun
A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.
Usage examples:
The rate of excise duty on spirits

verb
Charge excise on (goods).
Usage examples:
A strategy for charging duty for high-risk and excised goods is yet to be presented to the finance …

verb
Cut out surgically.
Usage examples:
The precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours

All meanings and translations of Excise

expunge

verb
Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
Usage examples:
The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory

verb
To rub off or remove information from a piece of writing
Usage examples:
His name has been expunged from the list of members., she has been unable to expunge the details of…

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obliterate

verb
Destroy utterly; wipe out.
Usage examples:
The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind

All meanings and translations of Obliterate

remove

verb
Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
Usage examples:
Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun
A degree of remoteness or separation.
Usage examples:
At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

All meanings and translations of Remove

rub out

idiom
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

phrasal verb
Erase pencil marks with a rubber.
Usage examples:
He rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing

phrasal verb
(of a gangster or assassin) kill someone.
Usage examples:
You can bet he's been rubbed out for business reasons

All meanings and translations of Rub out

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