edit
verbHow many syllables in edit?
There are 2 syllables in the word edit.How to pronounce edit:
Definition of edit:
- edit (verb):
- prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
- to prepare (text) for publication by checking and improving its accuracy or clarity
- to prepare (something, such as literary material) for publication or public presentation
Synonyms for edit:
adapt
alter
amend
annotate
blank out
bracket
bracket out
censor
change
check
compile
condense
copy-edit
copyedit
copyread
correct
cut up
emend
falsify
hack
improve
interpolate
modify
polish
prepare for publication
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Antonyms for edit:
cancel
disarrange
disorder
disorganize
disperse
disturb
forget
indulge
keep
let go
neglect
ruin
scatter
separate
spoil
worsen
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- coolness
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- softness
- quarters
- purge
- motif
- heirloom
- gunwale
- Zainab
- Tuesday
- screaming
- ribbon
- kissing
- cirque
- Chandra
- burning
- pier
- cervix
- camphor
- unplanned
- steeply
- Sheol
- seizure
- lemon
- demon
- Cerys
- amidst
- aloe
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- adverb
- pamphlet
- irate
- indent
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