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undeleting

undeleting is the present participle and gerund of undelete.

Meaning of undelete

Verb

undelete (third-person singular simple present undeletes, present participle undeleting, simple past and past participle undeleted)

  1. (transitive) To recover (a file, record, etc.) from a deleted state; restore.
    • To undelete (that's un-delete, not undulate — don't get excited) something that you deleted by accident, press Ctrl+Z. You have to do this immediately, like cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or you lose the patient.1998, David C. Kay, Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows For Dummies, page 87

Questions about undeleting

What is undeleting the present participle and gerund of?
Undeleting is the present participle and gerund of undelete.

Words near undeleting in the dictionary

  1. undeleted
  2. undeleter
  3. undeleterious
  4. undeleters
  5. undeletes
  6. undeleting
  7. undeletion
  8. undeletions
  9. undeliberate
  10. undeliberated
  11. undeliberately

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