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deletion

/dɪˈliʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
dele-tion
IPA
/dɪˈliʃən/
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An item that has been or will be deleted.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of deleting.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An act of killing or murder.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dɪˈliʃən/
  • British English: /dɪˈliːʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

deletions (plural)

Derived Forms

autodeletion codeletion deletional deletionism deletionist homodeletion indel megadeletion microdeletion nondeletion subdeletion transdeletion

Phrases

13q deletion syndrome 1p36 deletion syndrome 22q13 deletion syndrome 2q37 deletion syndrome 9q34 deletion syndrome chromosome 5q deletion syndrome hard deletion left-edge deletion

Synonyms

excision cut omission

Rhymes With

completion venetian depletion secretion accretion phoenician excretion grecian carburetion peloponnesian concretion rhaetian

Questions

How do you pronounce deletion?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈliʃən/.
What does deletion mean?
An item that has been or will be deleted.
Where does deletion come from?
Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

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