editing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
   redaction.
   
2. verb prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
   edit; redact.
   
   • Edit a book on lexical semantics
   • she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
3. verb supervise the publication of
   edit.
   
   • The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years
4. verb cut and assemble the components of
   edit; edit out; cut.
   
   • edit film
   • cut recording tape
5. verb cut or eliminate
   edit; blue-pencil; delete.
   
   • she edited the juiciest scenes

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