dele
- A proofreading symbol used to indicate that something should be deleted or removed. nounThe editor marked a dele in the margin to show that the sentence should be removed.When reviewing the manuscript, she noticed several errors and marked them with a dele.
- To delete or remove text, especially in the context of editing or proofreading. verbThe editor decided to dele the redundant paragraph from the article.Please dele any unnecessary words from your essay before submitting it.