Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

delete

Pronunciation: /dɪˈliːt/
Translate delete | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of delete

verb

[with object]
  • remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it:the passage was deleted
  • remove (data) from a computer’s memory: any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded
  • remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalogue of those available for purchase:their EMI release has already been deleted
  • (be deleted) Genetics (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence: if one important gene is deleted from an animal’s DNA, other genes can stand in

noun

  • a command or key on a computer which erases text: you can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program

Derivatives

deletable

adjective

deletion

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'destroy'): from Latin delet- 'blotted out, effaced', from the verb delere

delete in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of delete in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

ludology

/ luːˈdɒlədʒi /
noun
the study of games and gaming, especially video games …