Another word for edit
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Verb
To prepare for publication
- To read over carefully and correct, improve, or update where necessary
- (Chiefly British) To study something again; review.
- (Chiefly British) To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.
- To write again, differently (to modify).
- To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise.
- To write (news turned in by a reporter) in a form suitable for publication
- To indicate or mark the errors in:
- To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
- To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition:
- To change or make different; modify:
- To resew parts of (a garment) for a better fit
- To become different; change; vary
- To arrange in proper form for publication; edit
- To write out or draw up (a proclamation, edict, etc.); frame
- To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).
- To improve by critical editing:
- To make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text)
- (Rare) To correct or improve
- To remove by or as if by cutting:
- To remove by cutting.
- To cut out or away; specif., to remove (a tumor, organ, etc.) surgically
- To take out (a printed or written letter, word, etc.); cross out
- To remove from a document or record:
- To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
- To eliminate completely; wipe out:
- To erase, delete, or strike out:
- To erase or remove completely; blot out or strike out; delete; cancel
- To remove before publication or broadcasting (as an editorial decision).
- To produce (printed matter) as by computer, photocomposition, etc.
- (Printing) To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed).
- To create or produce (a literary or musical piece).
- To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources:
- To gather into a single book.
- To gather and put together (statistics, facts, etc.) in an orderly form
- To make a selection; choose
- To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
- To choose or pick out from among others, as for excellence, desirability, etc.
- To make fit or suitable by changing or adjusting
- To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive:
- To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation:
- To arrange in a different manner
- To change the arrangement of.
- To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).
- (Sports) To create a goalscoring opportunity (f).
- To gel or harden.
- To ready something for use.
- To examine and expurgate.
- To subject (a book, film, writer, etc.) to the close examination of a censor
- To expunge (objectionable material) from; delete
- To remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
- Alternative form of bowdlerize.
- To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate.
- (Electronics) To increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier
- To write or discourse at length; expatiate:
- To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
- To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed:
- To take a polish; become glossy, elegant, or refined
- To complete or embellish (a piece of writing, etc.); finish; perfect
- To decide or prefer
- To determine or decide:
- To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
- To gloss a text.
- To add annotation
- To provide critical or explanatory notes for (a literary work, etc.)
- To become more dense or compact.
- To change (a substance) to a denser form, as from a gas to a liquid
- (Chem.) To cause molecules of (the same or different substances) to combine to form a more complex compound, often with elimination of a simple molecule, as water
- To reduce the length of (a written text); condense:
- (Rare) To deprive (a person) of rights, privileges, etc.
- To shorten (a piece of writing) while preserving its substance; condense
- To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
- To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.
- To throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful
- To put written information in the blank spaces of (a check, form, or similar document).
- To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface:
- To form (letters or words) in cursive style, especially in contrast to printing by hand.
- To rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.
- To discuss (the details of a past event).
- To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration:
- To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
- To form by penetrating, probing, or digging:
- To use an instrument that cuts
- To go directly and often hastily:
- (Obs.) To prepare; fit out; dress
- To change one's opinions or viewpoint so as to satisfy opposing factions, etc.; compromise
- To cut (something) down to the required size or shape
- To draft again or anew
- To bring up to date; make conform to or aware of the most recent facts, methods, ideas, etc.
- To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
- To bring (a thing) up to date.
- To edit, cross out, or correct with or as with a blue pencil
- To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
- (Politics, slang) To use a line-item veto
- To deprive of life:
- (Informal) To overcome with laughter, chagrin, pleasure, surprise, etc.
- To cause (an engine, etc.) to stop; turn off
- To kill indiscriminately and mercilessly and in large numbers
- To kill indiscriminately and wantonly; slaughter.
- (Informal) To botch; bungle:
- To kill brutally or indiscriminately.
- To kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
- To kill or dress (animals) for meat
To supervise publication
- To concentrate or focus (one's sight or attention, for example) on a particular object or activity.
- To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.
- To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
- To issue a publication.
- To issue the written work or works of (a particular author)
- To issue a book, newspaper, software, recorded music, etc. in an electronic form, as on a CD-ROM or on the Internet
- To work out or form in one's mind; devise, develop, contrive, etc.
- To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
- To express (a theory, plan, etc.) in a systematic way
- To speak or read (something) aloud for someone else to write down
- To impose or give (orders) with or as with authority
- To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another:
- To arrange (hair) in a certain way, as by cutting, coloring, or curling.
- To make consistent with rules of style:
- To bring into accord with an accepted style, as of a publisher; normalize spelling, punctuation, etc. of
- To set down as a rule or direction; order; ordain; direct
- (Law) To claim a right or title through long use or possession
- To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
- To put or maintain in order:
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To control, direct, or govern according to a rule, principle, or system; specif., to impose a body of regulations on a particular industry, type of business, etc.
- To give or deal out; distribute
- To flow, go, or come out:
- To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth:
- To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter:
- To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
- (Logic) To use (a term) so as to include all individuals or entities of a given class.
- To spread abroad; promulgate:
- To scatter far and wide; spread abroad, as if sowing; promulgate widely
- To become diffused; spread.
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