🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Deleção

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de-le-ção

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deletion/dɪˈliː.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A deleção de arquivos desnecessários liberou espaço."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of removing or eliminating something.

    "The deletion of unnecessary files helped free up space on the computer."
  2. 2

    A mark or indication that something has been removed.

    "The document showed several deletions marked in red ink."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'deletion' originates from the Latin 'deletio', which means 'to destroy' or 'to wipe out'. It evolved through Old French before entering the English language in the late 14th century, reflecting a shift from physical destruction to the more abstract concept of removing text or data.

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