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to reedit

to reedit

1 3.7
To change a text, film, or recording again to make it better
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈɛdɪt/
translation icon : reeditar
  • With this help, the maker can reedit the video to improve the weak points for entry in another salon.

Examples

  • I'd spent hours watching him reedit his film, add new music, create subtitles in English, and reshoot pivotal scenes with an actress who looked like the original star, half a world away in Istanbul.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The interactive experience she designs for the player is essentially the same as that which she assigns herself: reediting the material from the films and finding what drives them—that is, finding the beast that lies at the center of the labyrinth.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Yeah... you are at it, aren't you... first Shelter, then you reedit to Take Shelter... shaking my head endlessly...

    Blog text (13)
  • There is a sense in which, reediting and recontextualizing the work of Soviet directors, Marker produced The Last Bolshevik Movie.

    Blog text (8)
  • In fact, the popular and official success of Chapaev was attributed to the Vasil'evs' experience in reediting American films for the Soviet market in the 1920s.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Combining the bold visual language, emotional power, and aesthetic rigor of independent film at its best with the interactivity of new media, it enables players, as in dreams, to draw from a reservoir of highly charged, deeply connected images and sounds and to reedit them with intriguing narrative twists.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The artist's radio programs join a lengthy list of book forewords, published interviews, editorials, book reviews, and feature articles in the 1930s and 1940s through which Benton, who was known to contradict himself and generate perhaps more controversy than he desired, could edit, reedit, and clarify his stances.

    Academic text (2008)
  • After receiving feedback, she decided to reedit her manuscript to address the editor's suggestions.

  • The director asked the team to reedit the movie to tighten the pacing and enhance the storyline.

  • He spent the weekend to reedit his thesis, making sure to fix all the typos and clarify his arguments.

Synonyms

to revise
vsto reedit
179 3.4

Change a piece of writing to correct mistakes and make it better

is specifically about making changes again rather than any single change
to redraft
vsto reedit
3 3.5

Write something again to make it better

is about making changes again rather than creating a new full version
to re-edit
vsto reedit
3.9

Change something written, filmed, or recorded to improve it

is used when making changes again mainly to improve or correct
to copyedit
vsto reedit
  • Specialized
4.4

Edit written text to correct grammar, spelling, and style

is broader, covering deeper content changes as well as surface corrections

How Thorough

to rewrite
112 2.8
to rework
30 4.0
to revise
179 3.4
to reedit
1 3.7
to edit
337 1.5

Surface Forms

reedit infinitive
reedited past
reedited past participle
reediting present participle
reeds third person singular

Morphology

reedit = edit (transparent) = re + edit

Adding 're-' to 'edit' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'edit again'.

Etymology

Reedit comes from the prefix re- 'again' and edit, so as a verb it means to edit something again to improve or correct it.