Emending

/ɪˈmɛndɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Present participle of emend; the act of correcting or improving, especially text.

Etymology

From emend plus the -ing gerund/participle suffix, following standard English verb conjugation for continuous actions.

Kelly Says

Hemingway was famous for ruthlessly emending his own work, sometimes rewriting pages dozens of times—his trash cans likely contained more good writing than most authors' finished books.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
修订中
shuu-ding-zhong
ARالعربية
مُعدِّل
moo-a-d-dil
BNবাংলা
সংশোধন করছি
son-shod-hon kor-chhi
CACatalà
modificant
moh-dee-fi-kan
CSČeština
změňující
z-men-yoo-y-ee
DADansk
ændrer
an-dren-er
DEDeutsch
Ergänzen
er-gan-tsen
ELΕλληνικά
εmendών
eh-men-don
ESEspañol
enmendando
en-men-dan-doh
FAفارسی
تعدیل می‌کند
ta-dee-il koo-mee-ed
FISuomi
muokkaava
moo-ok-ka-a-va
FRFrançais
amendant
ah-men-dan
GUGU
સુધારતું
soo-dha-ra-tun
HAHA
gyara
gy-a-ra
HEעברית
מַקְנִיחַ
ma-k-nee-cha
HIहिन्दी
संशोधित कर रहा है
san-shod-hit kar ra-ha hai
HUMagyar
módosít
moh-doh-see-t
IDBahasa Indonesia
mengubah
men-goo-bah
IGIG
na-agba
na-ah-ba
ITItaliano
emendando
eh-men-dan-doh
JA日本語
修正中
sho-sei-chu
KKKK
өзгертіп
oh-zher-tee-p
KMKM
កែប្រែ
kae-prae
KO한국어
수정 중
su-jeong jung
MRMR
सुधारण करत आहे
soo-dha-ra-kar-ta a-he
MSBahasa Melayu
mengubah
men-goo-bah
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုပြင်နေ
pyoo-pyin-ne
NLNederlands
wijzigend
vee-zee-gen-d
NONorsk
endrer
en-dren-er
PAPA
ਸੁਧਾਰ
soo-dha-ra
PLPolski
poprawiający
pa-pra-vya-y-ee
PTPortuguês
emendando
eh-men-dan-doh
RORomână
modificând
moh-dee-fi-kand
RUРусский
исправляю
is-pra-v-ly-a-yu
SVSvenska
ändrande
an-dran-de
SWKiswahili
akirekebisha
a-ki-reh-keh-bee-sha
TAதமிழ்
தொகுத்து வருகிறேன்
toh-ku-ththu var-u-ki-reen
TEతెలుగు
సవరించుకుంటున్నాను
sa-va-rin-chu-ku-ntun-na-nu
THไทย
แก้ไขอยู่
gae-kai yoo
TLTL
nagbabago
na-ga-ba-go
TRTürkçe
düzeltiyor
doo-zel-ti-yor
UKУкраїнська
змінюючи
zmee-nyu-y-chi
URاردو
مُعدِّل
moo-a-d-dil
VITiếng Việt
đang sửa đổi
dang soo-a-doi
YOYO
ǹgbé
ng-beh
ZH中文
正在修正
zheng-zai xiū zhì
ZUZU
ekelwe
eh-ke-lwe

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