Edit (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Edit Out
• Cut

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Meaning ²

Cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Blue-pencil
• Delete

Meaning ³

Supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

• Put Out
• Issue
• Bring Out
• Release

Meaning ⁴

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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Redact

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Hyponyms

• Subedit
• Bracket Out
• Alter
• Cut Up
• Falsify
• Copyedit

Related Words

• Editing (noun)
• Editor (noun)