delete
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
Verb 1 meaning
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
Noun 3 meanings
A deletion.
A remainder of a music or video release.
The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
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.
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DELETE at a glance
DELETE has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + L 1 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,846 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with delete
All rhymes- COMPLETE14
- CONCRETE12
- COMPETE13
- ATHLETE10
- INCOMPLETE16
- OBSOLETE10
- DISCRETE11
- MACHETE14
- REPLETE9
- SECRETE9
- FETE7
- DEPLETE10
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