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to produce a shorter form of a book, play etc by making cuts in the original

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to change a book or play so that it can be made into a film, TV programme etc

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to add something to the end of a piece of writing

a British spelling of bowdlerize

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to remove the parts of a book, film, or play that are likely to offend people, with the result that it is not as good

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to remove parts of a book, film, letter etc for moral, religious, or political reasons

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to write something in fewer words

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to make a piece of writing shorter by removing some parts

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to make something such as a piece of writing, a speech, a film, or a broadcast shorter by removing parts from it

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to remove parts from something such as a piece of writing, a speech, a film, or a broadcast, especially because they are not suitable

to make something such as a speech or piece of writing shorter

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to remove or cross out something that has been written

a British spelling of dramatize

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to make a book or story into a play

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to produce a book by choosing, arranging, and explaining things that other people have written

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to correct mistakes in something, especially a piece of writing before it is printed

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to remove writing, drawing, or marks made by a pencil or pen by rubbing it off with a rubber. A more usual British word is rub out.

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to remove part of a book or film, for example because it is considered offensive

a British spelling of fictionalize

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to use a real event as the story for a book, play, or film by changing some details

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to spoil a piece of writing by removing or changing a lot of its parts

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to add something in the middle of a piece of writing

to correct or write notes or instructions on a piece of writing, especially before it is published

to put unnecessary information into something to make it longer

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to put a number on each page of a book or other document

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to organize a piece of writing into paragraphs

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to proofread

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to read something written or printed and mark any mistakes so that they can be corrected

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used for telling someone about mistakes in printing

to read all of a document, book etc in order to check or correct it

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to make changes to a document before it is published

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to make changes to a piece of writing in order to make it better

to remove with a rubber something that you have written or drawn in pencil, especially because you have made a mistake

a British spelling of sanitize

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to take out from information, writing etc parts that might be offensive or unpleasant, usually in a way that makes them less interesting and less useful

to draw a line through written words

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to remove something, for example a word from a sentence or something from a list

to remove a word from a sentence or something from a list by drawing a line through it

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to remove words from a document, for example by drawing a line through them

to remove words from a document, for example by drawing a line through them

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to subedit

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to read what someone else has written and find and correct their mistakes

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to cover a mistake in something you are writing or typing using Tipp-Ex

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to add the most recent information to something such as a book, document, or list

to make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful, or detailed

to add words or numbers that are missing from something

to remove a character from a television or radio series by writing stories that do not include them

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