"strikethrough" meaning in English

See strikethrough in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/ Forms: strikethroughs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike through}} Deverbal from strike through Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} strikethrough (countable and uncountable, plural strikethroughs)
  1. (typography) An horizontal line overlaid on other characters. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: slashout
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-noun-O1VXJIqs Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 37 44 Topics: media, publishing, typography
  2. (typography) A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: stroke, solidus, slash, bar
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-noun-5H1apOa6 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 37 44 Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (line): trastreko (Esperanto), yliviivaus (Finnish), biffure (French), Durchstreichen [neuter] (German), επιγράμμιση (epigrámmisi) [feminine] (Greek), áthúzás (Hungarian), 取り消し線 (torikeshi-sen) (Japanese), tāroto (Maori), riscar (Portuguese), tachado (Spanish), genomstrykning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'line': 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/ Forms: strikesthrough [present, singular, third-person], strikethroughs [present, singular, third-person], struckthrough [participle, past], struckthrough [past]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike through}} Deverbal from strike through Head templates: {{en-verb|strikesthrough|-|struckthrough|pres_3sg2=strikethroughs}} strikethrough (third-person singular simple present strikesthrough or strikethroughs, no present participle, simple past and past participle struckthrough)
  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of strike through Tags: alt-of, alternative, no-present-participle, nonstandard Alternative form of: strike through Categories (topical): Diacritical marks Related terms: underline, underscore
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-verb-I3OBXThb Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 17 29 53 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 25 27 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 32 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 29 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 32 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 31 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 30 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 32 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 30 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 32 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 37 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 29 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 32 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 33 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 30 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 31 50

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "strikethrough (third-person singular simple present strikesthrough or strikethroughs, no present participle, simple past and past participle struckthrough)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "underline"
    },
    {
      "word": "underscore"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "strike through"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English nonstandard terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2001, Rachel Webster, XHTML Simplified, A.D.R. (London) Limited, →ISBN, page 113,\nThe next requirement is to strikethrough, “Yoga is just massage.\nInline style element <strike> carries out this task easily. It strikes through text."
        },
        {
          "text": "2003, Doug Sahlin, How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 37,\nCross-Out Text This tool is used to strikethrough selected text. You can change the color of the strikethrough and you can create a pop-up note with the Strikethrough Text tool as well."
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, Editors of BottleTree Books LLC, Myspace Maxed Out: Explode Your Popularity, Buzz Your Band and Secure Your Privacy on Myspace, BottleTree Books LLC, →ISBN, page 59,\nTo strikethrough text do this: <s>Strikethrough Text Goes Here</s>"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of strike through"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike through",
          "strike through#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Alternative form of strike through"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "no-present-participle",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "strikethrough"
  ],
  "word": "strikethrough"
}

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