preedit

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ edit.

Verb

preedit (third-person singular simple present preedits, present participle preediting, simple past and past participle preedited)

  1. (transitive) To edit (something) in advance.
  2. (transitive) To edit (something) in a preliminary way before a main editing step.
    Coordinate terms: postedit, reedit
    • 2013, Klaus Krippendorff, Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology, page 260:
      Some systems require their users to preedit text—for example, into lines (as in WinMAX Pro and AQUAD) or into paragraphs not exceeding a certain length (NUD*IST and NVivo recognize paragraphs by carriage returns).

Noun

preedit (plural preedits)

  1. An edit of a preliminary type, before a main editing step.
    Coordinate terms: postedit, reedit