delete

1 remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" [syn: cancel]

2 wipe out magnetically recorded information [syn: erase] [ant: record]

3 cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: edit, blue-pencil]

English

Etymology

From deletus, past participle of delere "destroy, blot out, efface," from delevi, originally perf. tense of delinere "to daub, erase by smudging," from de- "from, away" + linere "to smear, wipe."

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈliːt/ or /dəˈliːt/
• Rhymes with: -iːt

Noun

1. The deletion key on a computer keyboard.

   I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete.

Verb

1. To remove, get rid of, erase.

Synonyms

• italbrac to get rid of: erase, strike, terminate

Antonyms

• italbrac to get rid of: maintain

Translations

Related terms

• deleterious
• deletion

The term Deletion may have the following specialized meanings:

• File deletion, a way of removing a file from a computer's file system
• Deletion (genetics), deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol
• Deletion (music industry), a term for removing a record from a label's catalog
• Deletion (linguistics), a phonological process that allows for the elimination of a segment

Delete may refer to:

• Delete key, a key on modern computer keyboards which erases text
• Delete (SQL), Delete for SQL
• DEL, the delete control code in the C0 and C1 control codes
• delete, a built-in operator in the C++ programming language.
• "Delete", the battle cry of the Cybermen in the 2006 Doctor Who series.

For information on wikipedia's deletion policy please go to the wikipedia help page Wikipedia:Deletion_policy --Justinkaz (talk) 16:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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