Synonyms for editing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ed-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛd ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for editing Other synonyms for the word editing
- amplify
- assign
- blue-pencil
- boil down
- butcher
- check
- condense
- correct
- cut
- delete
- discard
- doctor
- draft
- emend
- excise
- feature
- fine-tune
- finish
- fly speck
- go over
- make up
- massage
- polish
- prepare
- prescribe
- proofread
- publish
- put together
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- rectify
- redact
- regulate
- rehash
- rephrase
- report
- revise
- scrub
- select
- set up
- strike out
- style
- tighten
- trim
- write over
Définition of editing
Origin :- 1791, perhaps a back-formation from editor, or from French éditer, or from Latin editus, past participle of edere (see edition). Related: Edited; editing. As a noun, by 1960.
- verb rewrite, refine
- There ten to twelve men are needed, doing nothing else but editing copy.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- The book of life's padded, ah but padded—a deplorable want of editing!
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- The problem has been threefold, that of research, that of editing and that of promotion.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
- He is editing the MS. of the deceased sailor for the Harpers.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
- He is editing an important Greek text, and has lately had business at the Museum.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Stephens energies had been absorbed in editing Simeons book.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
- Where was it that Denis Quirk told you he was editing that paper of his?
- Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
- One knows not what the meaning of editing and writing is, if even this be not it.
- Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
- If you go on at this rate, you will end by editing the Texas Siftings.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
- What the young instructors told, would be better for the editing.
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
Antonyms for editing
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