delete

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dɪˈliːt/ or /dəˈliːt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧lete

Noun

Singular delete

Plural none

1. (uncountable) A key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.

   I lost the files when I accidentally hit delete.

Verb

Plain form delete

Third-person singular deletes

Past tense deleted

Past participle deleted

Present participle deleting

1. (transitive) If you delete something, you remove or get rid of, or erase it, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

   I will delete the first paragraph of my essay from the file.

2. (transitive) If you delete something, you conceal hide or conceal it.

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