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   blue-pencil

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   • 1. censor or make cuts in (a manuscript, film, or other work): "holding up each paragraph for preliminary blue-pencilling"

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   What is a blue pencil used for?

   • A blue wood pencil is used for marking on an old nautical chart, used for sailing and navigation on seas and oceans. Topography map Study of city planning map. A conceptual image of the study of an old city planning map.

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   When was blue pencil first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb blue-pencil is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for blue-pencil is from 1883, in Liberty. blue-pencil is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj. & n., pencil v.

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   What does it mean if a person writes with a blue pencil?

   • When someone writes or makes corrections using a blue pencil, they make improvements or make text acceptable. For example, she used a blue pencil to soften some of his middle class-offending cannonades. A note scribbled in blue pencil serves as a receipt for coffee.

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   What is a blue pencil on the Union?

   • It is a kind of blue pencil on the union all the time. A vast bureaucracy with a red pencil and a blue pencil, giving the answers that the pricing system has failed to give? They showed me a card in which there was a blue pencil mark through political economy, which meant that the man was perfect in that subject.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › blue-pencilBLUE PENCIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   blue pencil. If a person goes over a piece of writing with a blue pencil, they remove or change some of the words to improve it or make it acceptable. Be thankful for a merciless City Editor and his blue pencil. His blue pencil is often busy adding phrasing marks.

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     BLUE PENCIL meaning: 1. If a person goes over a piece of...

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     blue pencil definicja: 1. If a person goes over a piece of...

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     blue pencil translate: 修改；刪除；編輯. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     BLUE PENCIL translate: 修改;删除;编辑. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › blue-pencilBlue-pencil Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the meaning of blue-pencil as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Blue-pencil can mean to edit by shortening or deletion, or a writing instrument used for editing.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › blue-pencilBLUE PENCIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning and origin of the term blue pencil, which can be a noun or a verb, and how to use it in different contexts. Find examples of blue pencil in sentences and compare it with other related words.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › blue-pencilMeaning of blue pencil in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   A blue pencil is a tool used to edit or censor a piece of writing by removing or changing some words. Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of blue pencil with examples from literature and sources on the web.

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   Blue-pencil definition: to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.. See examples of BLUE-PENCIL used in a sentence.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › blue-pencilblue-pencil - 117 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   blue-pencil. verb. These are words and phrases related to blue-pencil. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. CANCEL. Synonyms. cancel. call off. set aside. quash. do away with. dispense with. abolish. revoke. recall. call back. rescind. repeal. countermand. retract. recant. vitiate. annul. nullify. invalidate. abrogate.

10. www.oed.com › dictionary › blue-pencil_vblue-pencil verb - Oxford English Dictionary

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    What does the verb blue-pencil mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb blue-pencil . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.