deletion
noun
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Sense 1 noun
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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Sense 2 noun
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
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Sense 3 noun
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
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Sense 4 noun
the act of deleting something written or printed
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apheresis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aphesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elision |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ellipsis |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | genetic mutation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blue-pencil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | delete |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | redaction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blue-pencil |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | delete |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | removal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | expurgation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | censoring |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | expunction |