DELETING

Definition: DELETING

DELETING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Delete

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DELETING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Crosswords: DELETING

English words defined with "DELETING": censoring, censorship ♦ deletion ♦ revised ♦ security review. (references)

Specialty definitions using "DELETING": balanced binary tree, biconnected component, biconnected graph ♦ DATA BASE DESIGN ANALYST, doubly linked list ♦ k-connected graph ♦ line editor ♦ rounding error ♦ trie ♦ Windows 2000. (references)

Etymologies containing "DELETING": delete. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Mongolia	In the face of extended street protests in subzero whether and popular demands for faster reform, the politburo of the MPRP resigned in March 1990. In May, the constitution was amended, deleting reference to the MPRP's role as the guiding force in the country, legalizing opposition parties, creating a standing legislative body, and establishing the office of president. (references)
Indigenous People	Australia	The mandate of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, created by Parliament in 1991, expired in 2000. The Council's final report was released in December 2000, and it included recommendations that the federal and state governments set performance benchmarks and timelines for overcoming Aboriginal disadvantage and enact legislation to further the principles of legislation; that Parliament prepare legislation providing for a referendum on deleting a constitutional amendment on racial criteria for voting; and that the Constitution be amended to make racial discrimination unlawful. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"DELETING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "DELETING" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	95%	76	38,217
Noun (proper)	3.75%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	1.25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	80	N/A

Language		Translations for "DELETING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		� 除 (delete, Deleted, Deletion). (various references)

Danish		sletning af indkodede data (deleting records). (various references)

Dutch		annulering van registraties (deleting records). (various references)

Finnish		tietueiden poisto (deleting records). (various references)

French		rayant. (various references)

German		tilgend (liquidating, obliterating). (various references)

Greek		σβήσιμο εγγραφών (deleting records). (various references)

Italian		annullamento di registrazioni (deleting records). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		抜き差し (inserting and deleting). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぬきさし (inserting and deleting). (various references)

Korean		삭� � (Deletion, Eliminating, write-off). (various references)

Pig Latin		eletingday

Portuguese		anulação de registos (deleting records). (various references)

Spanish		anulación de inscripciones (deleting records). (various references)

Swedish		borttagande (ablation, removing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"DELETING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: delisting, delofting, dwelting, Edlestein, pelleting. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "DELETING" (pronounced dulē"ting)
5	-l ē" t i ng	completing, depleting, fleeting.
4	-ē" t i ng	beating, cheating, competing, defeating, eating, greeting, heating, meeting, mistreating, overeating, repeating, retreating, seating, sheeting, Sweeting, treating, unseating.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, complementing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-i-l-n-t"
	-1 letter: deleing, gentile, gentled, glinted, tingled.
	-2 letters: dentil, dingle, elegit, endite, engild, gentil, gentle, legend, nidget, teeing, tinged, tingle.
	-3 letters: deign, diene, dinge, edile, elide, elint, elite, gelid, genet, genie, glede, gleed, gleet, glide, glint, ingle, inlet, ledge, legit, liege, lined, teind, tenge, tilde, tiled, tined, tinge.
	-4 letters: deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, dene, deni, dent, diel, diet, dine, ding, dint, dite, edge, edit, eide, geed, geld, gelt, gene, gent, gied, gien, gild, gilt, gled, glee, glen, idle, leet, lend, lent, lied, lien, line, ling, lint, lite, need, nide, nite, teed, teel, teen, tele, tend, tide, tied, tile, tine, ting.
	-5 letters: dee, del, den, die, dig, din, dit, eel, eld, end, eng, ged, gee, gel, gen, get, gid, gie, gin, git, led, lee, leg, lei, let, lid, lie, lin, lit, nee, net, nil, nit, ted, tee, teg, tel, ten, tie, til, tin.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-i-l-n-t"
	+1 letter: depleting, glistened, lightened, tweedling.
	+2 letters: deflecting, delegating, delegation, gillnetted.
	+3 letters: benightedly, delegations, delineating, delustering, deselecting, detasseling, disentangle, divergently, enlightened, gelatinized, geniculated, pedestaling.
	+4 letters: cladogenetic, decelerating, deescalating, deliberating, deontologies, deregulating, deregulation, detasselling, disentangled, disentangles, dislodgement, glycerinated, indigestible, interlending, intermingled, nondepleting, pedestalling, underletting, undigestible.
	+5 letters: candlelighted, candlelighter, credentialing, delightedness, demyelinating, deprecatingly, deregulations, dislodgements, indefatigable, indigestibles, intermeddling, interpleading, nearsightedly, outdelivering, overindulgent, sedimentology, technologized, unenlightened.
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