Delete
verb
To remove or erase something completely.
Please delete the unnecessary files from your computer.
Often appears as...
- delete a file
- delete an email
verb
To decide not to include something.
The editor suggested to delete this paragraph to make the article more concise.
Often appears as...
- delete a paragraph
- delete a sentence
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To stop a service on a machine or a software.
Delete your account if you no longer want our services.
Often appears as...
- delete an account
- delete a profile
verb
To scratch out or draw a line through something, often a text, to show it should be ignored.
He deleted her name from the list of participants.
Often appears as...
- delete a name
- delete a number
verb
To remove or erase something completely.
Please delete the unnecessary files from your computer.
Often appears as...
- delete a file
- delete an email
verb
To decide not to include something.
The editor suggested to delete this paragraph to make the article more concise.
Often appears as...
- delete a paragraph
- delete a sentence
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To stop a service on a machine or a software.
Delete your account if you no longer want our services.
Often appears as...
- delete an account
- delete a profile
verb
To scratch out or draw a line through something, often a text, to show it should be ignored.
He deleted her name from the list of participants.
Often appears as...
- delete a name
- delete a number
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Digital Cleanup
Used when tidying up electronic spaces, like clearing unnecessary data.
I regularly delete old documents to keep my folders organized.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Trash
'Delete' is not used for physical items; 'throw away' is more accurate for that.
Remember, we delete files, not papers.
Pro Tip 3/3Recoverability
In digital contexts, deleted items might be restored unless permanently erased.
Deleted photos can sometimes be recovered from a recycle bin.
Pro Tip 1/3Digital Cleanup
Used when tidying up electronic spaces, like clearing unnecessary data.
I regularly delete old documents to keep my folders organized.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Trash
'Delete' is not used for physical items; 'throw away' is more accurate for that.
Remember, we delete files, not papers.
Pro Tip 3/3Recoverability
In digital contexts, deleted items might be restored unless permanently erased.
Deleted photos can sometimes be recovered from a recycle bin.
Pro Tip 1/3Digital Cleanup
Used when tidying up electronic spaces, like clearing unnecessary data.
I regularly delete old documents to keep my folders organized.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Trash
'Delete' is not used for physical items; 'throw away' is more accurate for that.
Remember, we delete files, not papers.
Pro Tip 3/3Recoverability
In digital contexts, deleted items might be restored unless permanently erased.
Deleted photos can sometimes be recovered from a recycle bin.
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Video examples
The happy secret to...
in terms of intellectual, athletic, musical ability, creativity, energy levels, resiliency in the face of challenge, sense of humor? Whatever it is, instead of deleting you, what I want to do is study you. Because maybe we can glean information, not just how to move people up to the average, but move the entire average up in our companies and schools worldwide.
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Exorcism PIPE National...
unless outside we go what can I say to people that's happy in their age a double let's say this is taboo you don't find it I'm finding out that is your opinion he got got a deleted I honor and respect you you know I'm only doing this to help you but dude it was a diode as long as thousands of people in Manila
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How to gain control of...
because guess what? We don't even need that much time to do amazing things. But when most of us have bits of time, what do we do? Pull out the phone, right? Start deleting emails. Otherwise, we're puttering around the house or watching TV. But small moments can have great power.
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Mentalism, mind reading...
and our beliefs and our understandings about the world are limited by that perspective, which means we tell ourselves stories. Right? So here we are in this infinite data source. There's an infinite number of things that we could think about, but we edit and delete.
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Why I have coffee with...
I'd just delete the emails. I just thought that the senders and I had nothing in common. They didn't understand me, and I didn't understand them. Then one day, one of my colleagues in the parliament said that I should save the hate mails.
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Hawking's black hole...
the total amount of quantum information in the Universe must be conserved. Even if you destroy an object beyond recognition, its quantum information is never permanently deleted. And theoretically, knowledge of that information
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What forgiveness can...
burdens they narrow our options our relationships our experiences of life forgiveness releases us forgiveness doesn't delete the past forgiveness enriches the future forgiveness doesn't mean that you give up your boundaries or
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Big Data by the Numbers...
that you have deleted in your life. There may be a Delete button, but there's no such thing as delete. Apps track every key that you push. You can find anything you want online except for privacy. And those were the numbers.
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Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
You don't know. Right? And deleting a data point is really violating one of the things that I found so beautiful about the scientific process -- it really allows the data to reveal the truth to you.
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Craig Venter unveils...
and compatible with a life-forming sequence. We narrowed it down to one fragment; we sequenced it and found just one base pair had been deleted in an essential gene.
Video examples
The happy secret to...
in terms of intellectual, athletic, musical ability, creativity, energy levels, resiliency in the face of challenge, sense of humor? Whatever it is, instead of deleting you, what I want to do is study you. Because maybe we can glean information, not just how to move people up to the average, but move the entire average up in our companies and schools worldwide.
Video examples
Exorcism PIPE National...
unless outside we go what can I say to people that's happy in their age a double let's say this is taboo you don't find it I'm finding out that is your opinion he got got a deleted I honor and respect you you know I'm only doing this to help you but dude it was a diode as long as thousands of people in Manila
Video examples
How to gain control of...
because guess what? We don't even need that much time to do amazing things. But when most of us have bits of time, what do we do? Pull out the phone, right? Start deleting emails. Otherwise, we're puttering around the house or watching TV. But small moments can have great power.
Video examples
Mentalism, mind reading...
and our beliefs and our understandings about the world are limited by that perspective, which means we tell ourselves stories. Right? So here we are in this infinite data source. There's an infinite number of things that we could think about, but we edit and delete.
Video examples
Why I have coffee with...
I'd just delete the emails. I just thought that the senders and I had nothing in common. They didn't understand me, and I didn't understand them. Then one day, one of my colleagues in the parliament said that I should save the hate mails.
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
the total amount of quantum information in the Universe must be conserved. Even if you destroy an object beyond recognition, its quantum information is never permanently deleted. And theoretically, knowledge of that information
Video examples
What forgiveness can...
burdens they narrow our options our relationships our experiences of life forgiveness releases us forgiveness doesn't delete the past forgiveness enriches the future forgiveness doesn't mean that you give up your boundaries or
Video examples
Big Data by the Numbers...
that you have deleted in your life. There may be a Delete button, but there's no such thing as delete. Apps track every key that you push. You can find anything you want online except for privacy. And those were the numbers.
Video examples
Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
You don't know. Right? And deleting a data point is really violating one of the things that I found so beautiful about the scientific process -- it really allows the data to reveal the truth to you.
Video examples
Craig Venter unveils...
and compatible with a life-forming sequence. We narrowed it down to one fragment; we sequenced it and found just one base pair had been deleted in an essential gene.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Evan Spiegel
American Businessman
Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting, you're doing it in the context of everything you've posted before. Let's delete everything, save the stuff that's important, and then you only have to organise the one per cent that's worth keeping.
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
We have a presidential candidate who's deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you'd be in prison. So what is this country really standing for?
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Jim Watkins
American Businessman
My company has no intention of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech. I feel the remedy for this type of speech is counter speech, and I'm certain that this is the view of the American justice system.
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Judith Martin
American Author
We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type.
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Mario Balotelli
Italian Athlete
You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.
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Alex Graves
American Director
It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
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Ronny Chieng
Malaysian Comedian
I'm on Twitter for work, but I hate it. I encourage everyone to delete it if possible.
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Harlan Coben
American Author
More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
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Gia Coppola
American Director
I have a lot of game apps I need to delete.
Quote examples
Evan Spiegel
American Businessman
Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting, you're doing it in the context of everything you've posted before. Let's delete everything, save the stuff that's important, and then you only have to organise the one per cent that's worth keeping.
Quote examples
Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
We have a presidential candidate who's deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you'd be in prison. So what is this country really standing for?
Quote examples
Jim Watkins
American Businessman
My company has no intention of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech. I feel the remedy for this type of speech is counter speech, and I'm certain that this is the view of the American justice system.
Quote examples
Judith Martin
American Author
We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type.
Quote examples
Mario Balotelli
Italian Athlete
You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.
Quote examples
Alex Graves
American Director
It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.
Quote examples
Mark Twain
American Writer
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Quote examples
Ronny Chieng
Malaysian Comedian
I'm on Twitter for work, but I hate it. I encourage everyone to delete it if possible.
Quote examples
Harlan Coben
American Author
More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
Quote examples
Gia Coppola
American Director
I have a lot of game apps I need to delete.
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