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Meaning of "delete" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELETE

From Latin dēlēre to destroy, obliterate.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELETE

delete  [dɪˈliːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELETE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delete is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb delete in English.

WHAT DOES DELETE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of delete in the English dictionary

The definition of delete in the dictionary is to remove ; erase; cancel; strike out.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DELETE

PRESENT

Present
I delete
you delete
he/she/it deletes
we delete
you delete
they delete
Present continuous
I am deleting
you are deleting
he/she/it is deleting
we are deleting
you are deleting
they are deleting
Present perfect
I have deleted
you have deleted
he/she/it has deleted
we have deleted
you have deleted
they have deleted
Present perfect continuous
I have been deleting
you have been deleting
he/she/it has been deleting
we have been deleting
you have been deleting
they have been deleting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I deleted
you deleted
he/she/it deleted
we deleted
you deleted
they deleted
Past continuous
I was deleting
you were deleting
he/she/it was deleting
we were deleting
you were deleting
they were deleting
Past perfect
I had deleted
you had deleted
he/she/it had deleted
we had deleted
you had deleted
they had deleted
Past perfect continuous
I had been deleting
you had been deleting
he/she/it had been deleting
we had been deleting
you had been deleting
they had been deleting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will delete
you will delete
he/she/it will delete
we will delete
you will delete
they will delete
Future continuous
I will be deleting
you will be deleting
he/she/it will be deleting
we will be deleting
you will be deleting
they will be deleting
Future perfect
I will have deleted
you will have deleted
he/she/it will have deleted
we will have deleted
you will have deleted
they will have deleted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been deleting
you will have been deleting
he/she/it will have been deleting
we will have been deleting
you will have been deleting
they will have been deleting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would delete
you would delete
he/she/it would delete
we would delete
you would delete
they would delete
Conditional continuous
I would be deleting
you would be deleting
he/she/it would be deleting
we would be deleting
you would be deleting
they would be deleting
Conditional perfect
I would have delete
you would have delete
he/she/it would have delete
we would have delete
you would have delete
they would have delete
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been deleting
you would have been deleting
he/she/it would have been deleting
we would have been deleting
you would have been deleting
they would have been deleting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you delete
we let´s delete
you delete
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to delete
Past participle
deleted
Present Participle
deleting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELETE


antielite
ˌæntɪɪˈliːt
athlete
ˈæθliːt
bolete
bɒˈliːt
cleat
kliːt
complete
kəmˈpliːt
deplete
dɪˈpliːt
elite
ɪˈliːt
fleet
fliːt
incomplete
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt
leat
liːt
leet
liːt
Nibelungenlied
ˈniːbəlʊŋənliːt
nonelite
ˌnɒnɪˈliːt
obsolete
ˈɒbsəˌliːt
pleat
pliːt
replete
rɪˈpliːt
sleet
sliːt
superelite
ˌsuːpərɪˈliːt
triathlete
traɪˈæθliːt
undelete
ˌʌndɪˈliːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELETE

delegacies
delegacy
delegate
delegatee
delegation
delegator
delegitimation
delegitimisation
delegitimise
delegitimization
delegitimize
delenda
deletable
deleterious
deleteriously
deleteriousness
deletion
deletive
deletory
deleverage

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELETE

biathlete
cyberathlete
decathlete
decollete
dithelete
Dyothelete
heptathlete
locuplete
Manolete
Monothelete
nonathlete
paraclete
pentathlete
superathlete
track and field athlete
valete

Synonyms and antonyms of delete in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELETE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delete» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of delete

Translation of «delete» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELETE

Find out the translation of delete to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delete from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delete» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

删除
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suprimir
570 millions of speakers

English

delete
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हटाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَحْذِفُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удалять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deletar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুছে ফেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

effacer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Padam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

streichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

削除する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삭제하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbusak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हटवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

silmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cancellare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

usunąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

видаляти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a șterge
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαγράφω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwyder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

radera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delete

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELETE»

The term «delete» is very widely used and occupies the 2.596 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELETE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delete» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delete» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delete

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10 QUOTES WITH «DELETE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delete.
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Mario Balotelli
You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.
2
Joshua Bell
I use Facebook quite a lot to keep up with my friends, although I had to delete 'Words With Friends' from my phone because it was wasting too much of my time.
3
Harlan Coben
More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
4
James Corden
Oh my God, I never really tweet, but there's a moment every day I write one and then delete it.
5
Mikko Hypponen
It's so cheap to store all data. It's cheaper to keep it than to delete it. And that means people will change their behavior because they know anything they say online can be used against them in the future.
6
Kendall Jenner
If I see something really nasty on Twitter, I will usually delete it or block the person because I don't want to see that every day... Get to know me, and then you can talk about me!
7
Donna Karan
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
8
Rebecca MacKinnon
Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government telling them what kinds of content they cannot allow on their site and what they need to delete.
9
David Puttnam
A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.
10
Andy Roddick
I think it's foolish to think that if you've done something for so long, you can kind of delete it out of your memory bank or delete every emotion attached to it. I knew when I retired what that meant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELETE»

Discover the use of delete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
In Delete, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances.
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, 2011
2
Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. ...
In short, this is not a book about "change management" but rather a book about "changing both you AND your business model."
Mitch Joel, 2013
3
Save Send Delete
She shares experiences so profound, so holy, they force us to confront our beliefs in what is true and possible. Rand hears her; he understands her; he challenges her ideas; he makes her more of herself. The book is in essence a love story.
Danusha V. Goska, 2012
4
Understanding the Power of Delete
One thing can be certaina "everyone struggles in life. In his helpful guide to positive living, Dr. Scott Hurley teaches the secrets to overcoming your past and understanding your self-worth.
Scott Hurley, 2010
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Eat Delete
Want to lose seven kilos in a month?Would you like to get that bikini bod in four weeks flat?Or do you want a ten-day solution to a sexier you?If you believe that weight loss is a race against time and a screeching, gasping sprint to the ...
Pooja Makhija, 2012
6
Keep Delete: Turning Messages Into Keepsakes
Perhaps the last message from a friend who passed away, the first message from a grandparent still trying to figure out how to use predictive text, a cryptic love note or simply a well-timed message that was so appreciated at the time; ...
Andrea Wilkinson, 2012
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NATO 2.0: Reboot Or Delete?
The reinvention of NATO
Sarwar A. Kashmeri, 2011
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Delete This at Your Peril: One Man's Hilarious Exchanges ...
A volume of exchanges between the author and a variety of hapless spam merchants who flooded his inbox is a collection of retaliatory strikes against Internet sellers who illegally advertised foreign brides, get-rich-quick scams, and sex ...
Bob Servant, 2008
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Sams Teach Yourself SQL Server 2005 Express in 24 Hours
By setting the Delete rule, you determine what happens when the user deletes a record on the one side of a one-to-many relationship. For example, by setting the Delete rule to Cascade you establish the rule so that the user can delete a ...
Alison Balter, 2006
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Cyberbullying: Deal with it and Ctrl Alt Delete it
Describes what cyberbullying is and how to deal with it.
Robyn MacEachern, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELETE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delete is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to easily delete or uninstall problematic Cydia tweaks
Avid iOS jailbreakers can feel relieved as it is possible to easily delete or uninstall problematic, corrupt and incompatible Cydia tweaks on ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
2
Judge to city of Sacramento: Don't delete emails
But the city's attorney countered that state law allows cities to delete e-mails after two years. Sacramento is also facing an Aug. 1 deadline to ... «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
3
Oops! Hillary campaign scrambles to delete photo after noticing …
Amid all the racial animosity that now defines America under the Obama administration, the Hillary Clinton campaign scrambled to delete a ... «BizPac Review, Jul 15»
4
Commissioners ask Mountain Accord to delete county inclusion in …
PROVO — The three-man Utah County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday that opposes the inclusion of American Fork Canyon land in ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
5
Delete Baahubali scenes that hurt Mala community sentiments: JAC …
Delete Baahubali scenes that hurt Mala community sentiments: JAC ... the Mala Community demanded that the 'Baahubali' team delete some ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
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Did you download the Ciri costume DLC for Witcher 3? Delete it
That leak is Ciri's alternate outfit, which, according to the devs themselves, you should delete from your console -- as it may cause issues with ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
7
Delete with confidence: The policies needed to support enterprise …
Data is growing exponentially in every organization, but large school systems at the primary and secondary levels face their own set of ... «IT World Canada, Jul 15»
8
English FA quick to delete this condescending tweet about their …
England finished third at the Women's World Cup, in Canada, on Sunday and returned home, today, as heroes. The team, nicknamed The ... «SportsJOE, Jul 15»
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Pic: English FA hastily delete tweet about women's team after …
The English Women's team returned home from the World Cup in Canada today, following a fantastic showing in which they earned a third-place finish following ... «JOE, Jul 15»
10
How to view and delete your Google Voice Search history
Here are the steps you can take to view, manage, and delete your Google Voice Search history. Once we're done with these steps, we'll also ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»

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