Definition of edit Edit
/ɛˈdʌt/ - [edut] - ed•it
We found 14 definitions of edit from 7 different sources.
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What does edit mean?
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| edit - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" | ||
| redact | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| interpolate, alter, falsify insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | ||
| cut up, hack cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" | ||
| black out suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out" | ||
| blank out cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out" | ||
| copyedit, copyread, subedit edit and correct (written or printed material) | ||
| bracket out, bracket classify or group | ||
| edit - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" | ||
| blue-pencil, delete | ||
| censor subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" | ||
| edit - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" | ||
| cut, edit out | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- edit (v. t.)
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To correct and eliminate errors, make information precise, etc. -
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To change the content of a text, a picture, a sound file, etc. -
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A change to the content of a text, a picture, a sound file, etc. -
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To cut and assemble the components of (e.g. a film).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ed′it, v.t. to prepare the work of an author for publication: to superintend the publication of (a newspaper, &c.): to compile, garble, or cook up materials into literary shape.—ns. Edi′tion, the publication of a book: the number of copies of a book printed at a time; Ed′itor, one who edits a book: one who conducts a newspaper or journal:—fem. Ed′itress.—adj. Editō′rial, of or belonging to an editor.—n. an article in a newspaper written by the editor, a leading article.—adv. Editō′rially.—n. Ed′itorship. [L. edĕre, edĭtum—e, out, dăre, to give.]
Wikipedia 
- To edit a document means to change the order of words or pictures, or add new words or pictures, usually so that the edited product better represents what the editor, the person doing the editing, meant to show.
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