Definition of delete
deleted
;deleting
transitive verb
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing delete a passage in a manuscript delete a computer file The e-mail was accidentally deleted.
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Examples of delete in a Sentence
Delete this name from the list.
When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
Recent Examples of delete from the Web
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If your message is not selected for use, it will be deleted within a reasonable time.
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That order, the subject of the 4th Circuit ruling, removed Iraq from the list, deleted references to religion and added national security rationales for the policy.
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Update: The president's tweet was deleted after about five hours and Trump asked the public for help with the word's meaning.
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The president’s tweet was finally deleted after about six hours.
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In something of a technicality, and to make the process more efficient and well-defined, the Peachtree Corners City Council voted recently to delete the category ‘
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Just after 6 a.m., the president resurfaced, finally deleting the Twitter post and tapping out another.
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Whatever President Trump was trying to convey was still a mystery a couple of hours later, especially since the truncated tweet had not yet been deleted or clarified.
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After the story ran people dropped such blistering reviews on the burrito stand’s Yelp page that Yelp began deleting them on Friday and is now monitoring comments.
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Origin and Etymology of delete
Latin deletus, past participle of delēre to wipe out, destroy
DELETE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of delete for English Language Learners
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: to remove (something, such as words, pictures, or computer files) from a document, recording, computer, etc.
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playDefinition of delete for Students
deleted
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: to take out especially by erasing, crossing out, or cutting delete a sentence delete a computer file
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