delete

Meaning of delete

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

late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere .

Information about delete

  • The plural form of delete is: deletes.
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Hyphenation of delete

delete

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • delete is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

delete synonyms

Meaning cancel:

cancel

Meaning erase:

erase

Meaning edit:

edit

Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:

remove

Meaning obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant):

expunge

Meaning charge excise on (goods):

excise

Meaning destroy completely; put an end to:

eradicate

Meaning cancel (something, especially a postage stamp) to prevent further use:

obliterate

Meaning cause (a memory or emotion) to disappear completely:

efface

Meaning delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer:

kill

Meaning delete or mark (a part of a text) for deletion:

dele

delete antonyms

Meaning join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount:

add

Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:

insert

Translation of delete

Anagrams of delete

teedle

Words that rhyme with delete

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