Definition of delete Delete
/dɪliˈt/ - [dileet] - de•lete
We found 10 definitions of delete from 6 different sources.
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What does delete mean?
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| delete - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" | ||
| cancel | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| rub out, score out, wipe off, efface, erase remove by wiping | ||
| expunge, excise, scratch, strike remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor" | ||
| delete - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" | ||
| erase | ||
| tape, record fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the box" | ||
| take away, take out take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| recording, transcription the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" | ||
| demagnetise, demagnetize make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" | ||
| delete - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" | ||
| edit, blue-pencil | ||
| censor subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- delete (v. t.)
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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delete
To remove markings or information.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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delete
de-lēt′, v.t. to blot out: to erase: to destroy.—n.pl. Delen′da, things to be deleted or erased.—n. Delē′tion.—adjs. Delē′tive, Delē′tory. [L. delēre, delētum, to blot out.]
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🔤- delete, verb, present, 1st person singular of delete (infinitive).
- delete, verb (infinitive).
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