editing
NounUS[ed-uh-ting]/ˈɛdətɪŋ/3 syllablesalso [ed-ih-ting] /ˈɛdɪtɪŋ/
Synonyms:
redaction
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable formSynonyms: redactionType of writing, written materialKinds correction, copy editing, deletion, rewriting
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“editing” is listed under Edit.
Ed′it (ĕd′ĭt), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Edited; present participle & verbal noun Editing.]
Origin: 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.
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.— William Enfield
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54