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To delete is defined as to remove or cancel something.

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When you type the letter "x" by mistake and you do not want the letter there so you go back and erase it, this is an example of a time when you delete.

See delete in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb deleted, deleting

to take out (a printed or written letter, word, etc.); cross out

Origin: < L deletus, pp. of delere, to blot out, destroy < de-, from + base of linere, to daub, rub over (writing on a wax table with the blunt end of the style) < IE base *lei-, viscous, smooth > lime

See delete in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·let·ed, de·let·ing, de·letes

To remove by striking out or canceling: deleted some unnecessary words in the first draft. See Synonyms at erase.

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Origin: Latin dēlēre, dēlēt-, to wipe out

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