"edit" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting (synset 200200761)
"Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
subtypes:
- alter, falsify, interpolate - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- cut up, hack - significantly cut up a manuscript
- black out - suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- blank out - cut out, as for political reasons
- copyedit, copyread, subedit - edit and correct (written or printed material)
- bracket, bracket out - place into brackets
same as: redact
Supervise the publication of (synset 200970070)
"The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

is a type of: bring out, issue, publish, put out, release - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Cut and assemble the components of (synset 200202086)
"edit film"; "cut recording tape"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

same as: cut, edit out

verb group: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Cut or eliminate (synset 200201227)
"she edited the juiciest scenes"

is a type of: censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

same as: blue-pencil, delete