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# delete

«delete» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take away or wipe out something, like a photo, a file…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (delete, deletes, deleted, deleting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To delete means to take away or wipe out something, like a photo, a file or a word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#m1)

2) In writing, to delete is to cross out or remove words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: taking away files, photos, songs or messages, so the number goes down (subtract); computing: delete key, deleting files; school: delete the wrong word when editing; online safety: think before you post, because deleted things may still be saved somewhere

### examples

- She deleted 12 photos from her phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x1)
- He had 80 songs and deleted 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x2)
- How many emails are left after she deletes 9? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x3)
- Each day he deletes 5 old messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x4)
- Press delete to remove the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x5)
- Delete the extra word in the sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x6)
- Things you post online can be hard to delete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x7)
- I have had greater confidence in my young friends, and have deleted the fairy who did not exist in the tale as told to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/#x8)

### note

Means take away: subtract. Trap: «deleted half» means divide by 2, not subtract 2. Online safety: something deleted may have been copied first.

### In the corpora

- [A message saying your account will be deleted unless you log in through a link is phishing, a trick to steal your login.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/15/)
- [Photos take up storage; photographers pick their best few and delete the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/16/)
- ["Expletive deleted" means a swear word was said here and has been left out of the written record.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/15/)
- [Things posted online can be copied and kept, even after you delete them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/12/)
- [«Share this before it gets deleted!» is a trick to make false stories spread fast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «delete» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delete/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.