English dictionary
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English verb: edit | |||
| 1. | edit (change) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | ||
| Samples | Edit a book on lexical semantics. She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages. | ||
| Examples | They won't edit the story | ||
| Synonyms | redact | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alter, black out, blank out, bracket, bracket out, copyedit, copyread, cut up, falsify, hack, interpolate, subedit | ||
| 2. | edit (communication) supervise the publication of | ||
| Samples | The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring out, issue, publish, put out, release | ||
| 3. | edit (change) cut and assemble the components of | ||
| Samples | Edit film. Cut recording tape. | ||
| Examples | They will edit the duet | ||
| Synonyms | cut, edit out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Verb group | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | ||
| 4. | edit (change) cut or eliminate | ||
| Samples | She edited the juiciest scenes. | ||
| Synonyms | blue-pencil, delete | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | censor | ||
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