nnoun.communicationputting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable formTopic:literature
Synset:redaction
Derivationally Related Form:editredact
Hypernyms:piece of writing writing written material
Inherited Hypernyms:editingwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:copy editingcorrectioncutdeletionexcisionrevisingrewriting
Full Hyponyms:copy editingcorrectiondeletionerasureparaphraserevisionrewordingrewritingtranslation
vverb.changeprepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adaptingSynset:edit redact
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)
vverb.communicationsupervise the publication ofExamples:- The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years
Hypernyms:bring out issue publish put out release
Inherited Hypernyms:editpublishpublicizetellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changecut and assemble the components ofSynset:cut edit edit out
Examples:- edit film
- cut recording tape
Derivationally Related Form:cutting
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:editchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They will --- the duet (apply to: edit out, edit, cut)
vverb.changecut or eliminateSynset:blue-pencil delete edit
Examples:- she edited the juiciest scenes
Derivationally Related Form:deletion
Hypernyms:censor
Inherited Hypernyms:editcensormeasureevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: blue-pencil)