| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To erase, expunge, efface, obliterate or zap. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To cancel, abolish, annul, abrogate or invalidate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To wipe, rub or scrub. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To remove, vacate or withdraw. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To squash or squelch. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To outstrip, leapfrog, outrank, outrun or outweigh.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Present participle conjugation of the verb delete.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (delete) |
1. Remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list".[Wordnet]. 2. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information.[Wordnet]. 3. Cut or eliminate.[Wordnet]. 4. Wipe out magnetically recorded information.[Wordnet]. 5. To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: deleting, deleted, deletes, deleter, deleters, deletingly and deletedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. |
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"Deleting" is a common misspelling or typo for: depleting. |
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Date "Deleting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
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| Environment | The process of permanently removing, erasing, or obliterating recorded information from a medium, especially a magnetic tape or disk, which then may be reused. In electronic records, sometimes called scratching or erasing. See also DESTRUCTION. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| Deleting files | Deleting files is removing items from the file system. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: DELETING | ||||
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| Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 | 31 | Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 | 31 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | مَحَا (efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, axe), شَطَبَ (cancel, delete, axe, axed, axes), أَزَالَ (axe, clear, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates), عَفَا (efface, axe, axed, axes, axing), مَحَا الشَّيْءَ (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), مَحَى (cancel, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates, annihilating), عَفَّى (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), حذف المقاطع (deleting sections), حذف بريد (deleting mail), حذف إدخالات (deleting entries). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | مَحَا (efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, axe), شَطَبَ (cancel, delete, axe, axed, axes), أَزَالَ (axe, clear, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates), عَفَا (efface, axe, axed, axes, axing), مَحَا الشَّيْءَ (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), مَحَى (cancel, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates, annihilating), عَفَّى (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), حذف المقاطع (deleting sections), حذف بريد (deleting mail), حذف إدخالات (deleting entries). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | مَحَا (efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, axe), شَطَبَ (cancel, delete, axe, axed, axes), أَزَالَ (axe, clear, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates), عَفَا (efface, axe, axed, axes, axing), مَحَا الشَّيْءَ (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), مَحَى (cancel, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates, annihilating), عَفَّى (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), حذف المقاطع (deleting sections), حذف بريد (deleting mail), حذف إدخالات (deleting entries). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | poništavanje (deleting), izbacivanje (deleting, deletion, drop, dropping, ejaculation), brisanje (cancellation, clear del, delete, deleting, deletion), vymazávající (deleting), mazání (lubrication, blanking, liniment, unction, embrocation). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | apagando (extinguishing, deleting, erasing, abrading, effacing), varrendo (deleting), safando (abrading, deleting, removing), riscando (deleting, drawing, chalking, scratching, scribing), rasurando (deleting, erasing), deletando (deleting), cancelando (deleting, expurgating, overriding), suprimindo (exterminating, suppressing, deleting), anular (to annul, annul, cancel, to remit, abolish). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | poništavanje (deleting), izbacivanje (deleting, deletion, drop, dropping, ejaculation), brisanje (cancellation, clear del, delete, deleting, deletion), vymazávající (deleting), mazání (lubrication, blanking, liniment, unction, embrocation). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 删除 (delete, deletion, to delete, deletions, excision), 正在刪除 (deleting). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 刪除 (delete, to delete, deletion, obliterate, apocopate). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | trapassà (delete, overtake, to delete, to overtake, exceed), superà (earn, to earn, scrape, delete, overtake), stughjà (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase), sguassà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), schisà (avoid, to avoid, delete, to delete, evade), scancellà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), eclissà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), cancelà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), sfassà (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annulling). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | trapassà (delete, overtake, to delete, to overtake, exceed), superà (earn, to earn, scrape, delete, overtake), stughjà (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase), sguassà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), schisà (avoid, to avoid, delete, to delete, evade), scancellà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), eclissà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), cancelà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), sfassà (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annulling). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | trapassà (delete, overtake, to delete, to overtake, exceed), superà (earn, to earn, scrape, delete, overtake), stughjà (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase), sguassà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), schisà (avoid, to avoid, delete, to delete, evade), scancellà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), eclissà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), cancelà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), sfassà (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annulling). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | trapassà (delete, overtake, to delete, to overtake, exceed), superà (earn, to earn, scrape, delete, overtake), stughjà (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase), sguassà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), schisà (avoid, to avoid, delete, to delete, evade), scancellà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), eclissà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), cancelà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), sfassà (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annulling). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | trapassà (delete, overtake, to delete, to overtake, exceed), superà (earn, to earn, scrape, delete, overtake), stughjà (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase), sguassà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), schisà (avoid, to avoid, delete, to delete, evade), scancellà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), eclissà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), cancelà (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), sfassà (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annulling). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Croatian | brisanje (wipe, cancellation, delete, deleting, deletion). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | poništavanje (deleting), izbacivanje (deleting, deletion, drop, dropping, ejaculation), brisanje (cancellation, clear del, delete, deleting, deletion), vymazávající (deleting), mazání (lubrication, blanking, liniment, unction, embrocation). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | löschend (erasing, deleting, quenching, extinguishing, cancelling), tilgend (deleting, liquidating, obliterating), streichend (annulling, cleaving, deleting, drawing, roaming), löschen (delete, erase, extinguish, to delete, clear), durchstreichend (deleting), ausstreichend (crossing out, deleting, settling). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | supprimant (abolishing, deleting, removing, suppressing, expunging), rayant (deleting, scratching), radiant (deleting, radiant, disbarring, radian, radiant point), liste des produits supprimés (deleting), effaçant (deleting, erasing, effacing), suppression (deletion, suppression, abatement, abolition, blanking), effacer (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, clear). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | supprimant (abolishing, deleting, removing, suppressing, expunging), rayant (deleting, scratching), radiant (deleting, radiant, disbarring, radian, radiant point), liste des produits supprimés (deleting), effaçant (deleting, erasing, effacing), suppression (deletion, suppression, abatement, abolition, blanking), effacer (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, clear). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | löschend (erasing, deleting, quenching, extinguishing, cancelling), tilgend (deleting, liquidating, obliterating), streichend (annulling, cleaving, deleting, drawing, roaming), löschen (delete, erase, extinguish, to delete, clear), durchstreichend (deleting), ausstreichend (crossing out, deleting, settling). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Guadeloupe Creole | fasé (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe). Additional references: Guadeloupe Creole, Guadeloupe, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | مَحَا (efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, axe), شَطَبَ (cancel, delete, axe, axed, axes), أَزَالَ (axe, clear, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates), عَفَا (efface, axe, axed, axes, axing), مَحَا الشَّيْءَ (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), مَحَى (cancel, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates, annihilating), عَفَّى (axe, axed, axes, axing, cancel), حذف المقاطع (deleting sections), حذف بريد (deleting mail), حذف إدخالات (deleting entries). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | löschend (erasing, deleting, quenching, extinguishing, cancelling), tilgend (deleting, liquidating, obliterating), streichend (annulling, cleaving, deleting, drawing, roaming), löschen (delete, erase, extinguish, to delete, clear), durchstreichend (deleting), ausstreichend (crossing out, deleting, settling). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | löschend (erasing, deleting, quenching, extinguishing, cancelling), tilgend (deleting, liquidating, obliterating), streichend (annulling, cleaving, deleting, drawing, roaming), löschen (delete, erase, extinguish, to delete, clear), durchstreichend (deleting), ausstreichend (crossing out, deleting, settling). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | cancellando (deleting, effacing, erasing, obliterating, expunging), verniciando (deleting, erasing, zapping), errore durante l'eliminazione della chiave (error deleting key), eliminazione di uno stile di controllo grammaticale (deleting a grammar checking style), cancellazione di un database grafico (deleting a graph database), cancellazione di un'immagine grafica (deleting a graph picture), cancellazione di una cella (deleting a cell), cancellazione di un carattere (deleting a character), cancellazione messaggio (deleting message), cancellazione di una riga o di una colonna (deleting a row or column). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 削除 (deletion, cancellation, erasure, elimination, expurgation), 抜き差し (inserting and deleting), ぬきさし (inserting and deleting). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kanuri | sanaskin (delete, to delete, erase, to erase, wipe), bananeskin (delete, to delete, destroy, spoil, to destroy). Additional references: Kanuri, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | Å stryking (deleting). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ouolof | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Ouolof, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | apagando (extinguishing, deleting, erasing, effacing, abrading), deletando (deleting), cancelando (deleting, expurgating, overriding), varrendo (deleting), safando (abrading, deleting, removing), riscando (deleting, drawing, chalking, scratching, scribing), rasurando (deleting, erasing), suprimindo (exterminating, suppressing, deleting), anular (annul, cancel, abolish, abrogate, cross out). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | borttagande (removing, ablation, deleting). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | brisanje (deletion, effacement, erasure, sweeping, cancel). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | zmazávanie (deleting), vymazanie (cancellation, clearance, deletion, erasing, reset), vymazávanie (clearing, deleting, erasure, housekeeping, obliteration), mazanie (blanking, clearing, deleting, erasure). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | zmazávanie (deleting), vymazanie (cancellation, clearance, deletion, erasing, reset), vymazávanie (clearing, deleting, erasure, housekeeping, obliteration), mazanie (blanking, clearing, deleting, erasure). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | cancelando (cancelling, deleting, expunging, zapping, sealed), tachando (deleting), desechando (deleting, discarding, dismissing, erasing, jettisoning), borrar (erase, delete, to erase, to delete, clear), borrando (erasing, deleting, effacing, defacing, expunging). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | borttagande (removing, ablation, deleting). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | borttagande (removing, ablation, deleting). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | Siliniyor (deleting, removing), Anahtar Silme Hatası (error deleting key), Dosya Silme Hatası (error deleting file). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Volof | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Volof, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Walaf | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Walaf, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Waro-Waro | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Waro-Waro, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Wolof | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Wolof, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Yallof | far (abolish, to abolish, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Yallof, Senegal, Mauritania, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Yipunu | tsindule (to wipe, wipe, delete, to delete, erase). Additional references: Yipunu, Gabon, deleting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “deleting” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | dathagelathagetathaging (deleting). Additional references: Athag, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | dagelagetaging (deleting). Additional references: Double Dutch, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |)£#£1|{\}6 (deleting). Additional references: Leet, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | dopelopetoping (deleting). Additional references: Oppish, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | eletingday (deleting). Additional references: Pig Latin, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | sasaando (deleting). Additional references: Terran B, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | dubelubetubing (deleting). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, deleting. (volunteer) | |||
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