Translations

9 languages
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Examples

391 sentences

  1. I haven't yet deleted any messages.

    Я ще не видаляв жодні повідомлення. — deniko

    ruЯ ещё не удалил ни одного сообщения. — soweli_Elepanto

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  2. I deleted the file by accident.

    Я випадково видалив файл. — deniko

    ruЯ случайно удалил файл. — Wezel

    deIch habe die Datei aus Versehen gelöscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom deleted a video by accident.

    Том випадково видалив відео. — deniko

    ruТом случайно удалил видео. — Wezel

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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

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

regular · Lesson

Base formdelete · to delete
3rd person singulardeletes
Present participledeleting
Past simpledeleted
Past participledeleted

Tenses

delete · deleted · will delete · have deleted

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill delete

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeleted

Synonyms

8 synonyms
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or…:clearB1strikeB1removeB1eraseterminate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or…:maintainB1restoreB1insertstet

Word family

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

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
delegateB2delegationdeleteriousdeletiondelideliberateB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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