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deletedelete /dɪˈlit/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdeleteOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin deletus, past participle of delere to destroy VERB TABLEdelete |
Present | I, you, we, they | delete | | he, she, it | deletes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deleted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deleted | | he, she, it | has deleted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deleted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will delete | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deleted |
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Present | I | am deleting | | he, she, it | is deleting | | you, we, they | are deleting | Past | I, he, she, it | was deleting | | you, we, they | were deleting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deleting | | he, she, it | has been deleting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deleting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deleting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deleting |
THESAURUSto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore► removeto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore: What’s the best way to remove red wine stains? The plan will remove unneeded forms and paperwork from the system. ► erase to remove writing from paper, recorded sounds from tape, or information from a computer’s memory: Write in pencil so you can erase your mistakes. ► delete to remove part of something you are writing on a computer: I would delete the whole first paragraph and write a new introduction. ► cut to remove a part from a movie, book, speech, etc.: The scene was cut from the movie. ► expunge formal to deliberately remove something such as a name or piece of information from a piece of writing: The arrest and charge were later expunged from his record. ► efface formal to remove something so that it cannot be seen, noticed, or known about: Hellman had tried to efface his embarrassing personal history. computers to remove a letter, word, etc. from a piece of writing, or information from a computer’s records: You could delete the second sentence.delete something from something Matt’s name was deleted from the list. He had not deleted the files from his hard drive.► see thesaurus at remove [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin deletus, past participle of delere to destroy] |