delete
verb /dɪˈliːt/
/dɪˈliːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they delete | /dɪˈliːt/ /dɪˈliːt/ |
| he / she / it deletes | /dɪˈliːts/ /dɪˈliːts/ |
| past simple deleted | /dɪˈliːtɪd/ /dɪˈliːtɪd/ |
| past participle deleted | /dɪˈliːtɪd/ /dɪˈliːtɪd/ |
| -ing form deleting | /dɪˈliːtɪŋ/ /dɪˈliːtɪŋ/ |
- delete something (from something) to remove something that has been written or printed, or that has been stored on a computer
- Your name has been deleted from the list.
- This command deletes files from the directory.
- (British English) Mr/Mrs/Ms (delete as appropriate)
- Delete the word ‘it’ and insert ‘them’.
Wordfinder- copy
- data
- delete
- file
- folder
- icon
- menu
- open
- password
Collocations Email and the internetEmail and the internetEmail- receive/get/open an email
- write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
- check/read/access your email
- block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
- exchange email addresses
- open/check your inbox
- junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
- have/set up an email account
- open/send/contain an attachment
- sign up for/receive email alerts
- use/access/log onto the internet/the Web
- go online/on the internet
- have a high-speed/broadband/wireless (internet) connection
- access/connect to/locate the server
- use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
- browse/surf/search/scour the internet/the Web
- send/contain/spread/detect a(n) (computer/email) virus
- update your anti-virus software
- install/use/configure a firewall
- accept/enable/block/delete cookies
- visit/check a website/an internet site/somebody’s blog
- create/design/launch a website/social networking site
- start/write/post/read a blog
- update your blog/a website
- be in/meet somebody in/go into/enter an internet chat room
- download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of something
- share information/data/files
- post a comment/message on a(n) website/online message board/web forum/internet chat room
- stream video/audio/music/content over the internet
- join/participate in/visit/provide a(n) (web-based/web/online/internet/discussion) forum
- generate/increase/monitor internet traffic
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersb2, Phones, email and the internetb2- The file had been accidentally deleted.
- I deleted your last email by mistake—could you send it again?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- inadvertently
- automatically
- …
- from
- delete as appropriate
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.