edit has definitions from the fields of writing,news
1
[ verb ] (writing) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

Synonyms

redact

Examples

"Edit a book on lexical semantics" "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Young Morris , who , while attending the University_of_Pennsylvania , also taught and edited a paper , found time to write Henrietta twenty page letters on everything that engaged his interest , from the acting of Sarah_Bernhardt in Philadelphia to his reactions to the comments of `` Sulamith '' on the Jewish reform_movement being promulgated by the Hebrew_Union_College in Cincinnati .

2
[ verb ] (news) supervise the publication of

Examples

"The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

Related terms

publish

3
[ verb ] (writing) edit, delete, or revise; of books, etc.

Synonyms

delete blue-pencil

Related terms

censor deletion

4
[ verb ] cut and assemble the components of

Synonyms

edit_out cut

Examples

"edit film" "cut recording tape"

Related terms

change abridge

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