erase
pronunciation
How to pronounce erase in British English:
UK [ɪˈreɪz]
How to pronounce erase in American English:
US [ɪˈreɪs]
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- Verb:
- remove from memory or existence
- remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
- wipe out magnetically recorded information
Word Origin
- erase
- erase: [17] Like abrade, rascal, rase and razor, erase comes ultimately from Latin rādere ‘scrape’. This formed the basis of a compound verb ērādere ‘scrape out, scrape off’ (its first element is the Latin prefix ex- ‘out’). Eraser ‘rubber’ seems to be a 19th-century coinage.=> abrade, rascal, rase, razor
- erase (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin erasus, past participle of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave; abolish, remove," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related: Erased; erasing.
Example
- 1. We cannot erase a single word we said .
- 2. Back then , growth helped to erase the debt .
- 3. They cannot magically erase a decade of excess from the credit markets .
- 4. That 's the bottom line and no fancy philosophical argument can erase it .
- 5. Why would any responsible american politician want to erase that vital distinction ?