Synonyms for edit
ˈɛd ɪted·it

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1. editverb

   Synonyms:
   fix up, alter, retouch

2. editverb

   To change a text, or a document.

   Synonyms:
   fix up, retouch, alter

3. editverb

   To be the editor of a publication.

   He edits the Bee.

   Synonyms:
   fix up, alter, retouch

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1. edit, redactverb

   prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

   "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

   Synonyms:
   cast, edit out, blue-pencil, cut, redact, put, frame, couch, delete

2. editverb

   supervise the publication of

   "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

   Synonyms:
   blue-pencil, delete, cut, redact, edit out

3. edit, cut, edit outverb

   cut and assemble the components of

   "edit film"; "cut recording tape"

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, snub, turn off, delete, burn, rationalize, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, cut, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, edit out, redact, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, make out, contract, rationalise, blue-pencil, cut off, dilute, curve, switch off, sheer, slew, geld, thin out, tailor, turn out, disregard, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend

4. edit, blue-pencil, deleteverb

   cut or eliminate

   "she edited the juiciest scenes"

   Synonyms:
   edit out, cancel, blue-pencil, cut, redact, erase, delete

Matched Categories

1. • Censor
   • Change
   • Publish

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. editverb

   Synonyms:
   conduct (a literary work), manage, prepare for publication, superintend the publication of

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1. List of paraphrases for "edit":

   editing, edite, modify, edition, edited, edits, edita, edición, amend, modifying, editorial, alter

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1. List of known nicknames for "edIT":

   Edward Ma

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1. EDIT

   Synonyms:
   Cardiology Early Defibrillator Implantation Trial No information Diabetology Early Diabetes Intervention Trial

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How to use edit in a sentence?

1. Kirk Franklin:

   Not only did they edit my speech, they edited the African American experience.

2. Wang Jiali:

   My kids sit on my lap while I'm in that studio, and they watch me do arrangements, they watch me mix, they watch me edit videos. They know what's up.

3. Isa Nichols:

   Normally an edit is a past tense process, cutting material that you’ve already shot. With this, a crucial creative element was coming in until we virtually locked the film. the things that they found out gave me more insight in terms of who this young man really was.

4. Dawn Davis:

   I knew that I could be an advocate, a great advocate for any book that I was excited about, i never doubted that an author would have someone who was more passionate, who was going to dot more I's and cross more T's than me and just edit it to the Nth degree.

5. Jason Sudeikis:

   This is literally what I do every day, i didn’t edit during production just because it was just too big of a load to carry with the writing and the acting, but then you know, being a producer, I was there on set every day going behind-the-scenes with notes, supporting our directors and our DP’s. When I go and watch, editing now, it’s a thrill. That’s a credit to the work that the writers did, but then also the way these actors portray them.