Used in a Sentence

deletes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for deletes.

Editorial note

Unfortunately, it looks like Hacker News deletes periods at the end of links, so this link won't work.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deletes gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

verb

(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.

verb

(transitive, slang) To kill or murder.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deletes.

verb

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

verb

(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.

verb

(transitive, slang) To kill or murder.

noun

(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

Example sentences

1

Unfortunately, it looks like Hacker News deletes periods at the end of links, so this link won't work.

2

Undo-ing deletes would be easy to implement, and retaining references to deleted records would be simple as well.

3

Warning: The uninstallation process deletes the folder Steam was installed to to ensure it is fully uninstalled.

4

Its not like removing /r/stormfront somehow deletes racism or prevents stormfront from recruiting in the comments, news post, etc.

5

If you do get hacked and someone deletes all your pictures, don't go crying to Facebook; they have enough problems.

6

The people that wrote the EU cookie law should be forced to use a browser that deletes cookies when it closes.

7

If they edit a sentence and someone else deletes it, it's kept with the edit).

8

The typical solution is to add an 'active' flag field, and to do 'soft-deletes' which just sets the flag to false.

9

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong that this addon deletes this kind of cookie / localstorage.

10

The short version is that you want to tune to page size, inserts/reads tend to be faster than RB-Trees but deletes are slower.

11

That's weird, I've seen conflicting information that says imgur deletes images not accessed for 180 days.

12

Here is a zshrc with almost zero switching cost - especially with the esc-backspace behavior for path deletes, setenv declarations and integration with Ubuntu's command-not-found.

Quote examples

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Since libav aggressively deletes old stuff and painstakingly reviews each patch (according to this article, no direct experience), they don't merge a lot of "new stuff" from ffmpeg.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use deletes in a sentence?

Unfortunately, it looks like Hacker News deletes periods at the end of links, so this link won't work.

What does deletes mean?

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

What part of speech is deletes?

deletes is commonly used as verb, noun.