delete

CEFRB1

/dɪˈliːt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To remove something from a computer or document.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To defeat or dominate.

Examples

  • Delete his name from the list of the applicants.

  • Please delete this file.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /diˈliːt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To kill or murder.

  2. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A deletion.

More examples

In context

  • Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.

  • Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine.

  • One CRIA official pegs the total record sales of deletes and imports as high as 30 percent for 1976

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Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Please blank the old spreadsheet from the folder to avoid using outdated data by mistake.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious. Doublet of delible and deleble.