Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter.
- transitive verb To remove, especially from printed or written matter; delete.
- transitive verb To mark with a sign indicating deletion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
deal . - noun An obsolete form of
dell . - Take out; remove: a word used in proof-reading as a direction to printers to remove a superfluous letter or word, and usually expressed by its initial letter in the distinctive script form , or some variation of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Print.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of
d , thus: �. - transitive verb (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
- transitive verb obsolete To deal; to divide; to distribute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb printing to
delete - noun printing a
sign signifying deletion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Note 23: Southern Cushitic Dahalo - dééla "girl not yet of child-bearing age" final position * - a * - e * - dele is a regular Ma'a sound shift; proto-Wami * - dele "girl/young woman."
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Andrew Golis: here's another one for the "dele" file.
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O Chris bhown È inocente pois a riahanna que é uma falsa ela gosta dele e nâo adimite ela faz isso por causa dele eu me chamo yasmim e sou fâ dele
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Claudio p.s. o André, eu entendo, a filha dele acabou de nascer.
Why Do the Poor Commit More Crime?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Senadores ironizam que a turma do Planalto parece ter instituído uma ponte aérea subsidiada com Santa Catarina – onde moram a filha de Lula e o genro dele.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fly me to the moon with public money 2009
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Imediatamente lembrei-me de outros projectos relacionados com o lixo e o uso dele:
TRASH Red 2009
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Aqui dentro, vivemos na insanidade coletiva: brancos acham que racismo não existe, que tá na cabeça dos pretos (que, segundo alguns pretos e brancos, não existem), negros dizem que o racismo brasileiro é “velado”; e muitos aceitam essa situação (alguns até dizendo nunca terem sofrido racismo, mesmo sendo alvo dele todo o dia).
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Can black people drive luxury cars? 2009
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Imediatamente lembrei-me de outros projectos relacionados com o lixo e o uso dele:
Archive 2009-03-01 Red 2009
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WOT iz teh dele hear? stoopee wurdpres wud nawt refrsch!
Honestlee…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Adoro todos os filmes do Jean Claude, amo ele, mas ainda não chegou ao Brasil o novo filme dele.
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Full Love: Photos and Plot Details Revealed | /Film 2008
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