edit

edit¹ Definition

edit (ed′it)

transitive verb

to prepare (an author's works, journals, letters, etc.) for publication, by selection, arrangement, and annotation
to revise and make ready (a manuscript) for publication
to supervise the publication of and set the policy for (a newspaper, periodical, reference book, etc.)
☆ to prepare (a film, tape, or recording) for presentation by cutting and splicing, dubbing, rearranging, etc.
to make additions, deletions, or other changes in (a computer file)

Etymology: back-form. < editor

noun

Informal an act of editing a cut made in the edit

edit¹ Idioms

edit out

☆

to delete in editing

edit² Definition

edit

edit Synonyms

To prepare for publication
revise, rewrite, correct, alter, redact, emend, excise, delete, expunge, edit out, make up, arrange materials for publication, prepare for the press, compose, compile, select, adapt, rearrange, set up, censor, expurgate, bowdlerize, amplify, polish, touch up, choose, annotate, condense, abridge, discard, strike out, write, rephrase, revamp, rework, restyle, rehash, prepare copy, correct proof, copy-edit, proofread, correct galleys, write headlines, cut, trim, redraft, update, blue-pencil*, boil down*, kill*, bleep out*, massacre*, butcher*, doctor up*, chase commas*.
To supervise publication
direct, publish, see through the press, formulate, dictate, style, draw up, prescribe, regulate, bring out, issue, distribute, disseminate.

edit Usage Examples

Object

suite: A full editing suite and printer may also be supplied.
anthology: Sayers bought hers in 1925, out of the $ 1500 she got for editing an anthology of detective stories.
volume: The Ottomans in the Eighteenth Century ( 1999 ), ( edited volume ).
file: You will now edit the file using the [ ?
version: This is the edited version of Hampshire Scouting News.
transcript: Click here to download an edited transcript of the workshop.

Subject

editor: Finally, the journal contains a book review section edited by a one-time editor of the journal, Lucy Newton.

Adjective modifier

Modifying Another Word

manually: Engine Database: Allows you to manually edit the Submission Agent default database or custom database you have put together.
professionally: The audio material collected during the Digital Inclusion project will be professionally edited to produce a teaching resource.
carefully: They're carefully edited to get rid of the junk that shows up in crosswords over make free crossword puzzle and over again.

Noun used with modifier

Used with why or when

which: You can edit which themes are displayed in the main menu as well as delete them off your PDA when finished.

Preposition: for

brevity: Published letters will be edited for brevity, but include full details with your query.
inclusion: It may have been subsequently edited for inclusion on the website.
publication: The research is completed in December 2000 and now being edited for publication as a report.

Preposition: by

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