dele
dele — verb
- delepresent simple I / you / we / they
- deles3rd person singular
- deling-ing form
- deledpast simple
1. to mark a letter, word, line, or other printed part so that it should be removed
to mark a letter, word, line, or other printed part so that it should be removed during proofreading or typesetting
Marco deled the repeated headline on the page proof.
dele + text on a page proof
The copy editor deled an extra comma before the recipe went to print.
dele + error before printing
Joon deled the second date after the museum changed its opening schedule.
One caption was deled during layout after the train photo was cropped.
- delete
the everyday general word for removing text or files
- strike out
focuses on crossing words through on paper
- excise
more formal and often used for cutting passages out
文法句型
dele + word/line/caption
be deled on + page proof
用法筆記
Used mainly in proofreading and printing, not in ordinary digital contexts. Outside that field, people usually say delete or strike out.
常見錯誤
dele — noun
1. a proofreading mark that tells a printer or editor to remove a letter, word, lin
a proofreading mark that tells a printer or editor to remove a letter, word, line, or other part of printed text
Maeve circled the typo and added a dele in the margin.
a dele in the margin
The printer missed one dele on the ticket proof and kept the old seat number.
miss a dele on a proof
A red dele appeared beside the repeated address on the wedding program.
When Christopher saw the dele, he removed the extra word from page two.
- deletion mark
a plain descriptive label for the same proofreading sign
- proofreader's mark
a broader term that can include many correction signs
文法句型
a dele beside + text
mark + text + with a dele
用法筆記
Common in publishing and proofreading. This sense names the mark itself, while the verb sense describes the act of marking text for removal.