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# deletion

«deletion» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of removing something, such as words from a text…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (deletion, deletions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The act of removing something, such as words from a text or a file from a computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#m1)

2) Something that has been removed: «I made several deletions in my essay». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#m2)

3) (science) The loss of a part of a gene or chromosome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing: deletion of files, messages and photos (a deleted file may still be in the bin or backup). In writing lessons: editing includes deletions — crossing out unneeded words. In online safety: asking for deletion of something posted about you. Phrases: «deletion of», «permanent deletion», «make a deletion».

### examples

- The deletion of the file was an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x1)
- After a few deletions, my story was much shorter and clearer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x2)
- Ask an adult about deletion of photos posted online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x3)
- The app asks you to confirm the deletion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x4)
- Permanent deletion means you cannot get it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x5)
- The teacher marked the deletion with a neat line through the word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deletion/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: «delete». Opposite ideas: «addition», «insertion». In computing, «deleted» does not always mean gone forever — things can often be recovered, so think before you post.

### Trees and pragmatics

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