Dictionary Entry

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

1transitive 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.
2verb
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
3verb
cut or eliminate
"she edited the juiciest scenes"
Synonyms
delete
4verb
cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"
"cut recording tape"
Synonyms
cut
5verb
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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