edited
Cut and polished
Edited describes something that has been revised, corrected, or prepared for publication or presentation.
An edited manuscript has undergone changes for clarity, accuracy, or style.
An edited video has been cut, rearranged, or otherwise modified from raw footage.
The word can suggest improvement or, sometimes, selective omission: an edited version of events implies details were left out.
Changed after reconsideration
- amendedChanged to improve
- rectifiedMade correct or accurate
- fixedRestored or immovable
- emendedRevised to remove errors
proofread · copyedited · fact-checked · spellchecked · redlined · marked-up · reviewed · scrutinized
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- refinedPurified or cultured
- reworkedAltered after initial attempt
- rewrittenComposed anew
- redraftedRevised a document
rephrased · reworded · tightened · sharpened · streamlined · improved · enhanced · perfected
Officially removed from view
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- bleepedObscured by tone
cut · removed · suppressed · deleted · excised · altered · toned-down · moderated
Reduced in length
compressed · reduced · pared-down · abbreviated · excerpted · summarized · tightened · concise
revised
Changed after reconsideration
emended · proofread · copyedited · fact-checked · spellchecked · redlined · marked-up · reviewed · scrutinized · error-free
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
redrafted · rephrased · reworded · tightened · sharpened · streamlined · improved · enhanced · perfected · finessed
redacted
Officially removed from view
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
bleeped · cut · removed · suppressed · deleted · excised · altered · toned-down · moderated
abridged
Reduced in length
truncated · compressed · reduced · pared-down · abbreviated · excerpted · summarized · tightened · concise · cropped
footage
Recorded video material
sequenced · post-production · rough-cut · assembled · trimmed · paced · continuity · dubbed
selected
Deliberately chosen
anthology · arranged · organized · thematic · selection · compilation · reader · highlights · best-of · sampler
- alteredmodified, changed, altered, revised, tweaked
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- simplicitysimple, minimalism, plain, clarity, bare
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- falsifiedfalsified, doctored, fabricated, fake, faked
editedunedited
Not yet corrected
unaltered · untouched · unmodified · unchanged · original
editedunabridged
Not shortened or condensed
complete · full · expanded · uncut · full-length
- limited editionSmall intentional production run
- first editionOriginal published version
- special editionEnhanced variant with extras
- second editionRevised subsequent publication
- video editingAssembling filmed footage digitally
- edit outRemove from a work
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