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Meanings of edit in English

Catalan
suprimir
Spanish
borrar

Cut or eliminate.

suprimir
Portuguese
redigir
Catalan
tallar
Spanish
dirigir

Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.

redigir

Cut and assemble the components of.

To correct and eliminate errors, make information precise, etc.

Usage of edit in English
1
In short, it was fine- Ijustthought it needed a good edit.
Wired
2
For example, to edit all lines in the file, type the following:
Unix power tools, 3rd edition
3
Click on the question mark, and you can edit the new page.
The Guardian
4
Consumers could also edit personal information that has been stored about them.
Reuters
5
She wanted to edit the constitution as part of her remedial action.
The South African
6
It's moved Jeremy Hansen from Home Magazine, to edit the new mag.
Radio NZ
7
There will always be opportunities to tweak, add to, and edit content.
Forbes
8
Half the time they'll edit you right out of what they see.
An ordinary decent criminal
9
Here, we describe three new simpler ways to edit genes in flies.
Pubmed
10
It also means you have to play by someone else's edit rules.
Wired
11
The children always helped their mother to edit my books in manuscript.
Chapters from My Autobiography
12
Once a user has made an edit, those changes are posted immediately.
Wired
13
Residents of every country in the world edit in almost 300 languages.
The Guardian
14
I want to be able to edit, and I could never edit.
Wired
15
On a scene in a movie, you can test, edit, test it.
The new yorker
16
To edit an English classic for study in secondary schools is difficult.
Dryden's Palamon and Arcite
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Translations for edit
Portuguese
redigir
Edit through the time
Edit across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
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