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eraseerase /ɪˈreɪs/ ●●○ S3 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYeraseOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of eradere, from radere to rub roughly, scrape VERB TABLEerase |
| Present | I, you, we, they | erase | | he, she, it | erases | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | erased | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have erased | | he, she, it | has erased | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had erased | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will erase | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have erased |
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| Present | I | am erasing | | he, she, it | is erasing | | you, we, they | are erasing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was erasing | | you, we, they | were erasing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been erasing | | he, she, it | has been erasing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been erasing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be erasing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been erasing |
THESAURUSto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore► removeto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore: What’s the best way to remove red wine stains? The plan will remove unneeded forms and paperwork from the system. ► erase to remove writing from paper, recorded sounds from tape, or information from a computer’s memory: Write in pencil so you can erase your mistakes. ► delete to remove part of something you are writing on a computer: I would delete the whole first paragraph and write a new introduction. ► cut to remove a part from a movie, book, speech, etc.: The scene was cut from the movie. ► expunge formal to deliberately remove something such as a name or piece of information from a piece of writing: The arrest and charge were later expunged from his record. ► efface formal to remove something so that it cannot be seen, noticed, or known about: Hellman had tried to efface his embarrassing personal history. 1to completely remove information from a computer memory or recorded sounds from a tape: The computer’s hard drive had been erased.► see thesaurus at remove2to remove marks or writing so that they cannot be seen anymore: Erase all incorrect answers.3formal to get rid of something so that it is completely gone and no signs of it exist: Today’s fall in prices erases yesterday’s gains.4erase something from your mind/memory to make yourself forget something bad that has happened: He couldn’t erase the horrible image from his mind. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of eradere, from radere to rub roughly, scrape] |