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- Dictionarydelete/dɪˈliːt/
verb
- 1. remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it: "the passage was deleted"
noun
- 1. a command or key on a computer which erases text: "you can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program"
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DELETING definition: 1. present participle of delete 2. to remove or draw a line through something, especially a written…. Learn more.
DELETE definition: 1. to remove or draw a line through something, especially a written word or words: 2. to remove or…. Learn more.
The meaning of DELETE is to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing. How to use delete in a sentence.
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 .]
DELETE meaning: 1. to remove or draw a line through something, especially a written word or words: 2. to remove or…. Learn more.
If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
Definition of delete verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Delete means to remove or destroy something, specifically something that is written, printed, or stored on a computer. Before the Internet, delete often referred to removing something from drafts of books, letters, newspapers, and other materials.
In modern usage, delete means to remove completely. Delete used in writing means to edit by removing, often done by drawing a line through the text to be deleted . This process is also called “blue-penciling,” due to the use of the blue colored pencil that some editors use.
verb. /dɪˈlit/. delete something (from something) Verb Forms. to remove something that has been written or printed, or that has been stored on a computer Your name has been deleted from the list. This command deletes files from the directory. Delete the word “it” and insert “them.”.
