edit

edit is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
2. verb. 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: redact

3. verb. cut or eliminate

   "she edited the juiciest scenes"

   Synonyms: delete

4. verb. cut and assemble the components of

   "edit film"

   "cut recording tape"

   Synonyms: cut

5. verb. supervise the publication of

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

Synonyms

redact, delete, cut

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in edit:

deti, diet, dite, tide, tied

Common word forms

edits, edital, edited, editing, editable

Words from these letters

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