verb
- to edit and prepare (written material) for publication, especially by checking facts, grammar, and style
Usage: journalism; publishing
Examples
- The journalist will subedit the article before it goes to print.
- She was hired to subedit manuscripts for the publishing house.
- The editor asked him to subedit the news story for accuracy.
- They need someone to subedit the magazine’s feature articles.
- The newspaper requires all reporters to subedit their own work.
- He spent hours subediting the draft to improve its clarity.