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Definition of delete noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

delete

noun
 
/dɪˈliːt/
 
/dɪˈliːt/
[uncountable]
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  1. a key or command on a computer, phone, etc. that removes text, records or images
    • Just use delete to remove a specific record from the database.
    • I accidentally pressed delete.
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.

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