nnoun.personsomeone who puts text into appropriate form for publicationSynset:redactor reviser rewrite man rewriter
Derivationally Related Form:rewritereviseredact
Hypernyms:editor editor in chief
Inherited Hypernyms:redacteditorskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:redacteditorskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:abbreviatorabridger
vverb.communicationformulate in a particular style or languageSynset:cast couch frame put
Examples:- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
Derivationally Related Form:castredactionframe
Hypernyms:articulate formulate give voice phrase word
Inherited Hypernyms:framegive voiceexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changeprepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adaptingSynset:edit
Examples:- Edit a book on lexical semantics
- she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
Derivationally Related Form:editoreditingredactredactionredactor
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:editchange
Direct Hyponyms:alterblack outblank outbracketbracket outcopyeditcopyreadcut upfalsifyhackinterpolatesubedit
Full Troponyms:black outblank outbracketcopyreadhackinterpolate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: edit, redact)