What does delete mean?

Definitions for delete
dɪˈlitdelete

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word delete.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. delete, cancelverb

    remove or make invisible

    "Please delete my name from your list"

  2. erase, deleteverb

    wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

    "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

  3. edit, blue-pencil, deleteverb

    cut or eliminate

    "she edited the juiciest scenes"

Wiktionary

  1. deleteverb

    To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

  2. deleteverb

    To hide, conceal

  3. Deletenoun

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

  4. Etymology: From deletus, past participle of delere, from delevi, originally perf. tense of delinere, from de- + linere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To DELETEverb

    To blot out. Dict.

    Etymology: from deleo, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. delete

    Delete refers to the act of removing or erasing something such as a file, text, or data from a particular location or storage, making it no longer accessible from its original place. This action can be performed on various platforms, including digital devices, documents, databases, websites, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deleteverb

    to blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit

  2. Etymology: [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.]

Wikidata

  1. Delete

    In the database structured query language (SQL), the DELETE statement removes one or more records from a table. A subset may be defined for deletion using a condition, otherwise all records are removed. Some DBMSs, like MySQL, allow to delete rows from multiple tables with one DELETE statement.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Delete

    de-lēt′, v.t. to blot out: to erase: to destroy.—n.pl. Delen′da, things to be deleted or erased.—n. Delē′tion.—adjs. Delē′tive, Delē′tory. [L. delēre, delētum, to blot out.]

Editors Contribution

  1. delete

    To take data, files or information from a form of electronic information, app, computer, computer program, computer system, dictionary, database, device, file, folder, internet, laptop, network, type of software, server, website or other form of digital technology and change it to accurate and transformed data, information, space and memory processing accurately, easily, effectively, efficiently, safely, securely and simply at superluminal speed.

    It is important for human beings to have the right to delete data.


    Submitted by MaryC on October 8, 2020  


  2. delete

    To take data, information or file from a form of electronic information, app, computer, computer program, computer system, dictionary, database, device, file, folder, internet, laptop, type of software, server, website, planet earth energy field or other form of digital technology and it is recycled.

    The website search engine have a policy for those people who require to delete information, we can request to have it deleted through the right to delete.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 10, 2016  


  3. delete

    To take energy, consciousness, data, files, words or information from a planet earth energy field and change it now in this moment to optimum health and forward movement and evolution of energy, consciousness and information at superluminal speed.

    To have the ability to delete consciousness is a gift that we value.


    Submitted by MaryC on October 8, 2020  


  4. delete

    To take or change data at FTL speed, the definition of a term or word, a word within a definition or the username of the definition of a word from the planet earth dictionary and the relevant planet earth energy field and to recycle the data accurately, easily, effectively, efficiently, safely, securely and simply at superluminal speed

    To delete data from the planet earth dictionary creates amazing change thoughout the world for us all.


    Submitted by MaryC on October 14, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of delete in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of delete in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of delete in a Sentence

  1. Marie Kondo:

    Then delete the rest ! Stop keeping komono' just because,'.

  2. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

    There was a deliberate request [ to delete the footage ] – this was n’t a technical glitch.

  3. Steven Cheung:

    The President and his counsel will continue to be transparent and cooperative, even in the face of the highly weaponized and corrupt witch-hunt from the Department of Justice. Hillary Clinton was allowed to delete and acid wash 33,000 emails after they were subpoenaed by Congress, yet absolutely nothing has happened to hold her accountable. If the Department of Justice can go after President Trump, they will surely come after any American who they disagree with. President Trump is the only one who stands in the way of the un-American weaponization of law enforcement.

  4. Sami Steigmann:

    We have to face something that we never have before, and it’s something that causes it, the anti-Semitism, to be as powerful as it is, and that is social media, we have, right now, big high-tech companies that not only can, but they do control who says what. If they don't like what you have to say, they can delete your account and ‘put you in jail.’.

  5. Mark Ostrowski:

    I'd never thought I would buy steak online, but I'm buying steak online, people really need to keep track of their footprint and go through and delete accounts, remove credit cards, move personal information off a lot of these things after they do their purchasing — especially if it's a one-time type purchase.

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