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How to spell delete
What it means: To remove or erase something from a digital device.
In a sentence: I will delete the extra photo from my camera.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as deleat or delite.
Same family: deletes, deleted, deleting, deletion, remove. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Delete” comes from Latin *delere*, meaning “to wipe out” or “erase.” The word was used for centuries about crossing out handwritten text long before it became a common button on computers and phones.
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