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削除 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cancellation noun The act of calling something off or making it void.
  • delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
  • deletion noun An item that has been or will be deleted.
  • delible adj That which can be deleted or erased.
  • indelible adj Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away.

Senses

削除 is used for these senses in English:

  • cancellation The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
  • delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
  • deletion The act of deleting. [c. 1600]
  • delible That which can be deleted or erased.
  • indelible Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

cancellation — full definition

  1. noun The act of calling something off or making it void.
  2. noun A mark stamped on a postage stamp to show it has already been used.

delete — full definition

  1. verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
  2. noun The key on a keyboard used to erase text or files.

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