line edit

verb

To edit (a text) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness; to copyedit.

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Meanings

verbline edit (third-person singular simple present line edits, present participle line editing, simple past and past participle line edited)

present singular third person line edits · participle present line editing · participle past line edited · past line edited

  1. To edit (a text) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness; to copyedit.
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APA

line edit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20edit

MLA

“line edit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20edit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “line edit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20edit.

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