redact

redact is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
2. noun. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

   Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewriter

3. 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: edit

4. verb. formulate in a particular style or language

   "I wouldn't put it that way"

   "She cast her request in very polite language"

   Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put

Synonyms

redactor, reviser, rewriter, edit, cast, couch, frame, put

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in redact:

carted, cedrat, crated, decart, traced

Common word forms

redacts, redacted, redacting

Words from these letters

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