self-edit

sɛlf-ˈɛdɪt

Definition

Definition of self-edit - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr./intr.

mistakescorrect one's own mistakes

He learned to self-edit his essays for better grades.

writingrevise one's own writing while creating it

She tends to self-edit as she writes her novel.

censorship

Rare

censor oneself to avoid saying certain things

Rare

He had to self-edit during the interview.

restrain

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Origin of self-edit

Old English, self (self) + edit (edit)

Examples of self-edit in a sentence

Writers often need to self-edit before submitting their work.
Writers often self-edit to improve clarity.
I need to self-edit my essay before submission.
He tends to self-edit his tweets.
She learned to self-edit in meetings.

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French:se relire, s'auto-éditer, ...
German:selbst korrigieren, überarbeiten, ...
Italian:auto-correggersi, rivedere, ...
Spanish:autoeditar, autocorregirse, ...
Portuguese:rever o próprio texto, revisar, ...
Chinese:自我纠正, 自我编辑, ...
Japanese:自己修正する, 自分で編集する, ...
Arabic:صَحَّحَ نَفْسَهُ, نَقَّحَ, ...
Hebrew:לְעַרֵךְ עַצְמִי, לַעֲרוֹךְ אֶת עַצְמוֹ, ...
Russian:самоисправляться, саморедактировать, ...
Ukrainian:самовиправляти, редагувати, ...
Hindi:अपनी गलतियाँ खुद सुधारना, संशोधित करना, ...
Bengali:নিজের লেখা নিজে সংশোধন করা, নিজে সম্পাদনা করা, ...
Catalan:autocorregir, autoeditar-se, ...
Czech:opravit si, sám se opravovat, ...
Danish:selvredigere, selvkorrektion, ...
Dutch:zelf corrigeren, zichzelf redigeren, ...
Greek:αυτοδιορθώνομαι, αναθεωρώ το κείμενό μου, ...
Hungarian:önellenőrizni, saját magát szerkeszteni, ...
Khmer:កែសម្រួលដោយខ្លួនឯង, កែសម្រួលអត្ថបទរបស់ខ្លួនឯង, ...
Korean:자체 수정하다, 자기 수정하다, ...
Persian:خودویرایش کردن, خود ویرایش کرد, ...
Polish:samodzielnie poprawiać, samodzielna edycja, ...
Portuguese (BR):revisar, autocensurar, ...
Romanian:a auto-corecta, a se autoedita, ...
Swedish:själv rätta, självredigera, ...
Thai:ตรวจแก้เอง, แก้ไขงานเขียนของตัวเอง, ...
Turkish:kendi hatalarını düzeltmek, düzenlemek, ...
Vietnamese:tự sửa lỗi, tự chỉnh sửa, ...

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