delete
Plural: deletes
Verb
Verb Forms: deleted, deleting, deletes
- To remove or erase written or printed matter.
- remove or make invisible
- "Please delete my name from your list"
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- cut or eliminate
- To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- To defeat or dominate.
- To kill or murder.
Noun
- A deletion.
- A remainder of a music or video release.
- Alternative letter-case form of Delete.
- The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
Examples
- I had to DELETE my initial plan when a better Scrabble word appeared on the board.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.
Synonyms
blue-pencil, cancel, edit, erase, clear, cross out, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, redact, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike, strike out, terminate
Scrabble Score: 7
delete: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddelete: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
delete: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary