释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•le•tion (di lē′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of deleting.
- the state of being deleted.
- a deleted word, passage, etc.
- Geneticsa type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.
- Latin dēlētiōn- (stem of dēlētiō) a destroying, equivalent. to dēlēt(us) (see delete) + -iōn- -ion
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deˈletion /dɪˈliːʃən/ n - the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- a deleted passage, word, etc, in text
- the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•lete /dɪˈlit/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj], -let•ed, -let•ing. - to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel;
erase. de•le•tion /dɪˈliʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]Mark those paragraphs for deletion.[countable]deletions from the list. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•lete (di lēt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -let•ed, -let•ing. - to strike out or remove (something written or printed);
cancel; erase; expunge.
- Latin dēlētus (past participle of dēlēre to destroy), equivalent. to dēl- destroy + -ē- thematic vowel + -tus past participle suffix
- 1485–95
de•let′a•ble, adj. |