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Synonyms for editing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ed-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛd ɪt

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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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