(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a text such as an article or a book, you correct and adapt it so that it is suitable for publishing.
The majority of contracts give the publisher the right to ~ a book after it’s done.
...an ~ed version of the speech.
VERB: V n, V-ed
~ing
Throughout the ~ing of this book, we have had much support and encouragement.
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2.
If you ~ a book or a series of books, you collect several pieces of writing by different authors and prepare them for publishing.
This collection of essays is ~ed by Ellen Knight...
She has ~ed the media studies quarterly, Screen.
...the Real Sandwich Book, ~ed by Miriam Polunin.
VERB: be V-ed by n, V n, V-ed
~ing
He was certainly not cut out to combine the jobs of ~ing and writing as a journalist.
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3.
If you ~ a film or a television or radio programme, you choose some of what has been filmed or recorded and arrange it in a particular order.
He taught me to ~ and splice film...
He is ~ing together excerpts of some of his films.
VERB: V n, V n with together
~ing
He sat in on much of the filming and early ~ing.
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4.
Someone who ~s a newspaper, magazine, or journal is in charge of it.
I used to ~ the college paper in the old days.
VERB: V n
5.
An ~ is the process of examining and correcting a text so that it is suitable for publishing.
The purpose of the ~ is fairly simple–to chop out the boring bits from the original.
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