edit
[verb]
Synonyms: revise, adapt, condense, correct, emend, polish, rewrite

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ed‧it /ˈedət, ˈedɪt/ verb
[Word Family: noun: edit, editor, edition, editorial, editorialize, editorship; verb: edit; adverb: editorially; adjective: editorial]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: editor]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to prepare a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting by removing mistakes or parts that are not acceptable:
The newspaper edits letters before printing them.

2. [transitive] to prepare a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and in what order:
a collection of essays edited by John Gay

3. [transitive] to prepare a film by deciding what to include and in what order

4. [transitive] to be responsible for the information that is included in a newspaper, magazine etc:
She used to edit the Observer.
—edit noun [countable]
edit something ↔ out phrasal verb
to remove something when you are preparing a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting Synonym : cut:
The interviewer’s questions have been edited out.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

edit
verb
BAD: I have never seen the magazine before - I think it's only just been edited.
GOOD: I have never seen the magazine before - I think it's only just been published.
BAD: For the last three years I've been working for a French editing company.
GOOD: For the last three years I've been working for a French publishing company.

Usage Note:
edit = examine and make changes and corrections to a manuscript in preparation for printing: 'The text was still full of mistakes and obviously hadn't been edited.'
publish = produce (a book, magazine, newspaper, etc) for sale to the public: 'The book was first published in 1987.'

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