EDITING

editing, redaction

(noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

editing

present participle of edit

Noun

editing (plural editings)

An act or instance of something being edited.

Anagrams

• dieting, ignited

Source: Wiktionary


EDIT

Ed"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] Etym: [F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.]

Definition: 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. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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