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deletes

deletes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delete.

deletes is the plural of delete.

Meaning of delete

Verb

delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)

  1. (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
    • Early on in the model year [1968] Pontiac experienced some production problems [in producing polyurethane bumpers] regarding fit, matching paint color, and bonding the material to the base metal. As a result, 2,108 1968 GTOs left the factory with chrome bumpers borrowed from the LeMans. These cars...2009, Darwin Holmstrom, “Chapter 4: a maturing car for a maturing audience”, in GTO: Pontiac's Great One, Crestline Books, →ISBN, page 166
  2. (Internet, slang) To defeat or dominate.
    • Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.2020 November 20, “Enhance Arena positioning”, in Blizzard Forums (US)
  3. (slang, transitive) To kill or murder.
    • "Go find this guy, Alex," Conch had said. "And delete him."2008, Ted Bell, Assassin

See all 7 meanings of delete

Noun capitalized: Deletes

Deletes

  1. (plural) plural of Delete

Phrases with deletes

Questions about deletes

What is deletes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deletes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delete.
What part of speech is deletes?
Deletes is a noun.

Words near deletes in the dictionary

  1. deleterious
  2. deleteriously
  3. deleteriousness
  4. deleters
  5. deletery
  6. deletes
  7. delethalization
  8. delethalize
  9. delethalized
  10. delethalizes
  11. delethalizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deletes (page history and authors); Deletes (page history and authors); delete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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