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deletion

/dɪˈliːʃən/US/dɪˈliʃən/

deletion noun: an item that has been or will be deleted.

Noun

deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)

  1. An item that has been or will be deleted.
  2. The act of deleting.
    • The file contained errors that required deletion.
  3. A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
    • A genetic deletion caused the disorder.
  4. An act of killing or murder.

deletion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

deletion in Hindi

deletion
मिटाना miṭānā

deletion in Tamil

நீக்கம், அகற்றுதல், கழிவு, ஒதுக்குதல், நீக்குதல்

deletion in Urdu

حذف, محو

deletion in Malayalam

തുടച്ചുകളയൽ, മായ്ച്ചുകളഞ്ഞ ഭാഗം, നീക്കം ചെയ്യൽ
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deletion in Kannada
ವಿಲೋನ, ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕುವುದು
deletion in Indonesian
penghapusan, delesi

Examples of deletion in a sentence

  • Make sure you deselect any files you wish to keep before proceeding with the deletion.
  • Messages removed by soft deletion can be recovered if necessary.
  • Someone else may want to consider whether the AfDs (Articles for deletion) should be closed as initiated disruptively by a sock of an indeffed user.

All 30 example sentences with deletion

Forms of deletion

pluraldeletions

Plural of deletion: deletions

Origin of deletion

From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

Words formed from deletion

Words that rhyme with deletion

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Questions about deletion

What does deletion mean?
Deletion means an item that has been or will be deleted.
What is deletion in Hindi?
Deletion in Hindi is मिटाना (miṭānā). See Deletion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deletion?
Deletion is a noun.
How do you pronounce deletion?
Deletion is pronounced /dɪˈliːʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of deletion?
The plural of deletion is deletions.

Words near deletion in the dictionary

  1. delethalized
  2. delethalizes
  3. delethalizing
  4. deletia
  5. deleting
  6. deletion
  7. deletional
  8. deletionism
  9. deletionist
  10. deletionists
  11. deletions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deletion (page history and authors); मिटाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); deletion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deletion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deletion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deletion (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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