| VERB | change | edit, redact | prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
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| communication | edit | supervise the publication of | |
| change | edit, cut, edit out | cut and assemble the components of | |
| change | edit, blue-pencil, delete | cut / cut or eliminate |
| Sounds | eh'daht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They won't edit the story | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | redact | |
| Narrower | black out | Suppress by censorship as for political reasons |
| blank out | cut out, as for political reasons | |
| bracket, bracket out | place into brackets / brackets | |
| copyread, subedit, copyedit | edit and correct (written or printed material) | |
| hack, cut up | significantly cut up a manuscript | |
| interpolate, alter, falsify | insert words into texts, often falsifying / falsifying / falsifying it thereby | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | dirigir | |
| Catalan | editar, redactar, tallar | |
| Nouns | editing | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form |
| editor | a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication | |
| Meaning | supervise the publication of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" | |
| Broader | publish, bring out, put out, issue, release | Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale |
| Spanish | editar | |
| Meaning | cut and assemble the components of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They will edit the duet | |
| Example | "edit film" | |
| Synonyms | cut, edit out | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Meaning | cut / cut or eliminate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "she edited the juiciest scenes" | |
| Synonyms | blue-pencil, delete | |
| Broader | censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship |
| Spanish | borrar, censurar, editar | |
| Catalan | suprimir | |
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