verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
delete a file (= remove it )
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I accidentally deleted the wrong file.
delete an email
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I accidentally deleted your email.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
character
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If you delete a character by mistake, move the cursor to where it was lost and type it in again.
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You can also delete characters by the word, line, or page.
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Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate - by deleting final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
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You will first enter a new document, then learn how to delete unwanted characters and insert new ones.
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They also want to delete the characters ARfrom each of the stock numbers.
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You can delete and insert spaces created by pressing the spacebar in the same way that you delete and insert other characters .
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The next job is to delete the characters ARfrom the table.
data
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Other facilities for changing, deleting and processing data are also provided.
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Medium security levels can enter and delete data and low security levels can only view data.
file
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On occasion you may begin to open a file and find that you would prefer to rename the file or delete it.
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Task 7 Objective To delete files Before deleting a file make sure that it is no longer required.
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In addition a password file had been deleted .
name
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We would just delete the name from the index.
text
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Their purpose is to let you delete text safely or to move it around one document or between several.
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But you can not insert or delete any text .
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Whenever you delete highlighted text using the Del for Delete key, it disappears from the text editing window into the scrap.
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These include several new ways to delete text , an improved display of codes, and an extended search option.
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Letters, words or whole lines can be deleted and new texts inserted at the touch of a button.
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You may later add or delete text that changes the page on which the citation appears.
word
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You can also delete characters by the word , line, or page.
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A keyboard combination that saved a file in one program might delete a word in another.
■ VERB
add
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The central processor then orders hypotheses, adds , deletes and modifies them.
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You want to keep the two columns next to each other, no matter how much text is added or deleted .
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You will see the directories on your disk, and can add and delete directories using the Add and Delete buttons.
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It must be clear that no one has added , deleted , or modified any part of the message.
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You don't want to have to reconstruct the site every time you add , delete or move a page.
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The protected block will not be affected if you later add or delete lines within the block.
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Each partition contains space for a finite number of items which are added and deleted in a pre-defined order.
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You may later add or delete text that changes the page on which the citation appears.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Delete any files that end in ".tmp".
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I deleted that whole file by mistake.
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I think you should delete the second paragraph.
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Matt's name was deleted from the list.
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The computer automatically deletes any files you have not saved.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Freenet and Gnutella can not patrol the contents of their networks and delete copyrighted material.
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Can you relate this use of questions to the fact that you is deleted from abbreviated questions?
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Colin gave the wrong advice about getting floppy disc out when jammed and then I deleted the stuff off the hard disc.
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So long as it hasn't been deleted, you should even be able to recall it on line.
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That means they have to delete something else to install the new software.
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We can only hope Gilstrap won't push to have any of that text deleted.
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You can keep parts or the entire original message, including the subject-or delete the lot.
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You will first enter a new document, then learn how to delete unwanted characters and insert new ones.