Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

    streichen, löschen

    удаля́тьudaljátʹ, удали́тьudalítʹ

    видалитиvydalyty, видалятиvydaljaty

  2. (Internet, slang)To defeat or dominate.

  3. (slang, transitive)To kill or murder.

More definitions
  • remove or make invisible
  • wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
  • cut or eliminate

Examples

391 sentences

  1. How do I delete a sentence?

    Як я можу видалити речення?

    ruКак я могу удалить предложение?

    deWie löscht man einen Satz?

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  2. Please delete this file.

    Видаліть цей файл, будь ласка.

    ruПожалуйста, удалите этот файл.

    deBitte löschen Sie diese Datei.

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  3. I haven't yet deleted any messages.

    Я ще не видаляв жодні повідомлення.

    ruЯ ещё не удалил ни одного сообщения.

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  4. I deleted the file by accident.

    Я випадково видалив файл.

    ruЯ случайно удалил файл.

    deIch habe die Datei aus Versehen gelöscht.

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  5. Tom deleted a video by accident.

    Том випадково видалив відео.

    ruТом случайно удалил видео.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to remove:
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remove:

Origin

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī,

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.

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Forms

deletes, deleting, deleted, deleted
Base formdelete · to delete
3rd person singulardeletes
Present participledeleting
Past simpledeleted
Past participledeleted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydelete
he, she, itdeletes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeleted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deleted
he, she, ithas deleted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill delete

Synonyms

21 synonyms
clearB1strikeB1removeB1cancelB1scoreB1scratchB2eliminateB1excludeB2eraseterminateredactrub outstrike outobliterate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
insertmaintainB1restoreB1stet

Word family

20 related words
RelateddiminishC2delibledeletion
Derivedautodeletebaleetdeletabilitydeletabledeletantdeleteedeleterdeletiadeletiveexpletive deletednondeletingredeleteself-deletesoft-deletespeedy deleteundeletedirty delete

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • accidentally deleted
  • deleted the file
  • deleted all
  • please delete this
  • deleted all the
  • please delete

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
delegateB2delegationdeleteriousdeletiondelideliberateB2
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