deletion

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
  2. noun (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
  3. noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Etymology

From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

Synonyms

omission

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