dele
/ˈdiːli/
verb
- To delete or remove text or other content, especially in editing or proofreading.
- Please dele that sentence; it doesn't fit the tone of the essay.
- The editor told me to dele the extra paragraph from the article.
- I had to dele several lines from the script to shorten the play.
Antonyms
noun
- A mark (often a loop or a line) used in proofreading to indicate that something should be deleted.
- The proofreader put a dele in the margin next to the repeated word.
- I saw a dele on the manuscript and crossed out the extra comma.
- Make sure you use a clear dele so the typesetter knows what to remove.