单词 | redact |
释义 | redact (once / 15635 pages) vn To redact is to arrange or edit text in a written document. Don't get too attached to every word in your rough draft; your teacher will expect you to redact it before handing in your final paper. Redact refers to any kind revising or editing that makes a document better, usually for publication. When you see the prefix re-, you know the word is going to refer to something either being done again or retracted. You can think of redact as redoing writing or taking back some of what was originally said. You'll often see the word redact being used with the prepositions in or into. You might take several documents and redact them into a single one. WORD FAMILYredact: redacted, redacting, redaction, redactor, redacts+/redaction: redactions/redactor: redactors USAGE EXAMPLESCiting privacy restrictions, Pentagon officials redacted parts of each report, which were released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Citing privacy restrictions, Pentagon officials redacted parts of each report, which were released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Some of the documents were redacted to protect the privacy of the children. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1v formulate in a particular style or language Syn|Hyper cast, couch, frame, put articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word put into words or an expression 2v prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting Syn|Hypo|Hyper edit alter, falsify, interpolate insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby cut up, hacksignificantly cut up a manuscript black outsuppress by censorship as for political reasons blank outcut out, as for political reasons copyedit, copyread, subeditedit and correct (written or printed material) bracket, bracket outplace into brackets alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3n someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Syn|Hypo|Hyper redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter abbreviator, abridger one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work editor, editor in chief a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) |
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