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line edit

line edit verb: to edit (a text) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness; to copyedit.

Verb

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

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

Forms of line edit

third-person singular presentline edits
present participleline editing
past participleline edited
pastline edited

Questions about line edit

What does line edit mean?
Line edit means to edit (a text) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness; to copyedit.
What part of speech is line edit?
Line edit is a verb.
What is the past tense of line edit?
The past tense of line edit is line edited.

Words near line edit in the dictionary

  1. line drawn in water
  2. line drawn on water
  3. line drive
  4. line drives
  5. line drop
  6. line edit
  7. line edited
  8. line editing
  9. line edits
  10. line element
  11. line elements

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