Meaning

1 senses

  1. The operation of deleting data.

Examples

134 sentences

  1. Their names were erased from the list.

    Їхні імена було викреслено зі списку. — tikan0

    ruИх имена были удалены из списка. — Hellerick

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  2. You can't erase the past.

    Минуле не зітреш. — deniko

    ruПрошлое нельзя стереть. — marafon

    deMan kann das Vergangene nicht ausradieren. — Sudajaengi

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  3. I need to find an eraser.

    deIch muß ein Radiergummi finden. — Waldelfe

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  4. He erased his speech from the tape.

    ruОн удалил свой голос с магнитофонной записи. — corvard

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  5. I erased my hard disk by accident.

    ruЯ случайно отформатировал свой жёсткий диск. — Ooneykcall

    deIch habe aus Versehen meine Festplatte gelöscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”

From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

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Forms

plural: erases
Singularerase
Pluralerases

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
equivocaleraB1eradicateeraserere

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