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delete English

Meaning delete meaning

What does delete mean?
Definitions in simple English

delete Verb

— If you delete something, you remove or get rid of, or erase it, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer. I will delete the first paragraph of my essay from the file. — If you delete something, you conceal hide or conceal it.

delete

— verb remove or make invisible Please delete my name from your list — verb (= erase) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information Who erased the files form my hard disk? — verb (= edit) cut or eliminate she edited the juiciest scenes

Synonyms delete synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as delete?

delete English » English

erase remove cancel cross out omit strike out wipe out wipe off wipe expunge eliminate efface take away obliterate abolish write off subtract strike off get rid of extinguish excise edit do away with blot out wipe away void take suppress strip strike stem scratch out scrap score out rub out rid rescind nullify kill extirpate elide drop dispense with deletion deduct cut out cross off clear blue-pencil annul

Topics delete topics

What do people use delete to talk about?
Physical actions Have, be with Keep something

Throw away
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart

Conjugation delete conjugation

How do you conjugate delete?

delete · verb

Examples delete examples

How do I use delete in a sentence?

Simple sentences

How can I delete a repeated sentence?
Delete his name from the list of the applicants.
Please delete this file.
Delete the comment, please.
Please delete the comment.
I have to delete many files from my computer.
How do I delete a sentence?
It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting.
I wish I could figure out how to delete my Facebook account.
Delete that picture.
Please delete this sentence.
Now I delete you.

Movie subtitles

Did you delete him?
Delete that.
Delete, delete.
Delete. - Exterminate.
Exterminate. - Delete, delete.
Delete.
So I delete it as soon.
You give me 25, I should give you 25, Delete it and we're even.
No water might delete a spot, my child.
Viewing Daniel. I am trying to delete all the beauties of civilization.
Delete and destroy.
You'll delete number three, include this question, and open with this one.
I can't delete it.
Once you find it, delete it.
I better lock it out before I delete it.
Computer, delete the audio.
Then I will delete the appropriate program.
Delete audio.
Why did you delete parts of your journal?
Delete those files, then I'll show you how to download the new system.
Then find the error and delete it.
We could delete it. We're doing the best we can.
Computer, delete character.
You delete it?
Now we will delete this from the list of war orphans.
No water might delete a spot, my child. - And I'm a witch.
Okay, you may delete him, Dieter.
The password to delete all programming is top secret.
That's the password to delete the programming.

News and current affairs

Again, politicians tried to delete or change references to these high costs.
By contrast, deciding what to delete is costly.

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