Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of edit
plural editings
- An act or instance of something being edited.
To her, I credit three complete editings, numerous arguments and discussions over an extended period of time, and the incalculable benefit of her great knowledge and love of the English language.
2012, Betty R. Pritchett, The Indian Summer of Mary Margaret MastersSynonyms: montage
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn act or instance of something being edited.
More synonyms by meaning
nounputting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian редакти́ране
- редакти́ране (redaktírane)an act or instance of something being edited
Catalan edició
- edicióan act or instance of something being edited
Chinese Mandarin 編輯 /编辑
- 編輯 /编辑 (biānjí)an act or instance of something being edited
Esperanto muntado, redaktado
- muntadoan act or instance of something being edited
- redaktadoan act or instance of something being edited
Finnish editointi, leikkaus
- editointian act or instance of something being edited
- leikkausan act or instance of something being edited
French rédaction
- rédactionan act or instance of something being edited
German Bearbeitung
- Bearbeitungan act or instance of something being edited
Irish eagarthóireacht
- eagarthóireachtan act or instance of something being edited
Italian redazione, montaggio
- redazionean act or instance of something being edited
- montaggioan act or instance of something being edited
Japanese 編集
- 編集 (henshū)an act or instance of something being edited
Persian ویرایش
- ویرایش (virâyeš)an act or instance of something being edited
Portuguese edição
- ediçãoan act or instance of something being edited
Russian редакти́рование
- редакти́рование (redaktírovanije)an act or instance of something being edited
Scottish Gaelic deasachadh
- deasachadhan act or instance of something being edited
Spanish montaje, edición
- montajean act or instance of something being edited
- ediciónan act or instance of something being edited
- editajean act or instance of something being edited
Swedish redaktion, redigering
- redaktionan act or instance of something being edited
- redigeringan act or instance of something being edited
Welsh golygu, golygiad
- golyguan act or instance of something being edited
- golygiadan act or instance of something being edited
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
editing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editing
“editing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “editing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editing.
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