Meaning

3 senses

  1. A deletion.

  2. A remainder of a music or video release.

  3. The delete character (U+007F or %7F).

Examples

391 sentences

  1. How do I delete a sentence?

    Як я можу видалити речення? — deniko

    ruКак я могу удалить предложение? — marafon

    deWie löscht man einen Satz? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    arihato · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Please delete this file.

    Видаліть цей файл, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, удалите этот файл. — afyodor

    deBitte löschen Sie diese Datei. — Vortarulo

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I haven't yet deleted any messages.

    Я ще не видаляв жодні повідомлення. — deniko

    ruЯ ещё не удалил ни одного сообщения. — soweli_Elepanto

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. I deleted the file by accident.

    Я випадково видалив файл. — deniko

    ruЯ случайно удалил файл. — Wezel

    deIch habe die Datei aus Versehen gelöscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Tom deleted a video by accident.

    Том випадково видалив відео. — deniko

    ruТом случайно удалил видео. — Wezel

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: deletes
Singulardelete

uncountable

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddirty delete

Lessons for this word

1 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

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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