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edit

 
   
1.
to change, correct or modify text or films



2.
to prepare a document for publication



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⃞ to edit down to reduce the extent of a text by cutting in the editorial department They edited the autobiography down from 1,000 pages of single-spaced typescript to make a 250-page paperback.

⃞ to edit something out to delete something from the text He asked the copy editing department to edit out all references to the Prime Minister.

 

 

 

 
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