"dele" meaning in English

See dele in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdiːliː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dele.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deles [plural]
Rhymes: -iːli Etymology: From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”). Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēlē}} Latin dēlē, {{m|la|dēleo||delete}} dēleo (“delete”), {{clipping|en|deleatur|nocap=1}} clipping of deleatur Head templates: {{en-noun}} dele (plural deles)
  1. (printing) A sign signifying deletion. Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms: deleatur
    Sense id: en-dele-en-noun-dEMSCi-f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Topics: media, printing, publishing

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiːliː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dele.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deles [present, singular, third-person], deleing [participle, present], deled [participle, past], deled [past]
Rhymes: -iːli Etymology: From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”). Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēlē}} Latin dēlē, {{m|la|dēleo||delete}} dēleo (“delete”), {{clipping|en|deleatur|nocap=1}} clipping of deleatur Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|~d}} dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)
  1. (printing, usually imperative) To delete. Tags: imperative, usually Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-dele-en-verb-pGDezKSo Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

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