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ed·it

(ĕd′ĭt)

tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its

a. To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.

b. To prepare an edition of for publication: edit a collection of short stories.

c. To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable: edited her remarks for presentation to a younger audience.

2. To supervise the publication of (a newspaper or magazine, for example).

3. To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing.

4. To eliminate; delete: edited the best scene out.

An act or instance of editing: made several last-minute edits for reasons of space.

Phrasal Verbs:

edit in

To insert during the course of editing: An additional scene was edited in before the show was aired.

edit out

To delete during the course of editing: A controversial scene was edited out of the film.

[Partly back-formation from editor and partly from French éditer, to publish (from Latin ēditus, past participle of ēdere : ē-, ex-, ex- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]

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edit

(ˈɛdɪt)

vb (tr)

1. (Journalism & Publishing) to prepare (text) for publication by checking and improving its accuracy, clarity, etc

2. (Journalism & Publishing) to be in charge of (a publication, esp a periodical): he edits the local newspaper.

3. (Film) to prepare (a film, tape, etc) by rearrangement, selection, or rejection of previously filmed or taped material

4. (Computer Science) (tr) to modify (a computer file) by, for example, deleting, inserting, moving, or copying text

5. (Journalism & Publishing) (often foll by out) to remove (incorrect or unwanted matter), as from a manuscript or film

(Journalism & Publishing) informal an act of editing: give the book a final edit.

[C18: back formation from editor]

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ed•it

(ˈɛd ɪt)

v.t.

1. to supervise or direct the preparation of (a publication); serve as editor of.

2. to collect, prepare, and arrange (materials) for publication.

3. to revise or correct, as a manuscript.

4. to delete; eliminate (often fol. by out): to edit out all references to his family.

5. to prepare (film, tape, etc.) by deleting, arranging, and splicing material.

6. to alter the arrangement of (genes).

7. to modify (computer data or text).

8. an instance or the process of editing.

[1785–95; partly back formation from editor, partly < French éditer < Latin ēditus published]

ed′it•a•ble, adj.

edit.

1. edited.

2. edition.

3. editor.

edit

– publish

1. 'edit'

If you edit a text, you examine it and make corrections to it so that it is suitable for publication.

I am indebted most particularly to Mrs Maria Jepps, who checked and edited the entire work.

2. 'publish'

Do not confuse edit with publish. When a company publishes a book or magazine, it prints copies of it, which are then sent to shops to be sold.

His latest book of poetry will be published by Faber in May.

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edit

Past participle: edited
Gerund: editing

Imperative
edit
edit

Present
I edit
you edit
he/she/it edits
we edit
you edit
they edit

Preterite
I edited
you edited
he/she/it edited
we edited
you edited
they edited

Present Continuous
I am editing
you are editing
he/she/it is editing
we are editing
you are editing
they are editing

Present Perfect
I have edited
you have edited
he/she/it has edited
we have edited
you have edited
they have edited

Past Continuous
I was editing
you were editing
he/she/it was editing
we were editing
you were editing
they were editing

Past Perfect
I had edited
you had edited
he/she/it had edited
we had edited
you had edited
they had edited

Future
I will edit
you will edit
he/she/it will edit
we will edit
you will edit
they will edit

Future Perfect
I will have edited
you will have edited
he/she/it will have edited
we will have edited
you will have edited
they will have edited

Future Continuous
I will be editing
you will be editing
he/she/it will be editing
we will be editing
you will be editing
they will be editing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been editing
you have been editing
he/she/it has been editing
we have been editing
you have been editing
they have been editing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been editing
you will have been editing
he/she/it will have been editing
we will have been editing
you will have been editing
they will have been editing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been editing
you had been editing
he/she/it had been editing
we had been editing
you had been editing
they had been editing

Conditional
I would edit
you would edit
he/she/it would edit
we would edit
you would edit
they would edit

Past Conditional
I would have edited
you would have edited
he/she/it would have edited
we would have edited
you would have edited
they would have edited

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Verb	1.	edit - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" redact alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" interpolate, alter, falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby cut up, hack - significantly cut up a manuscript black out - suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out" blank out - cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out" copyedit, copyread, subedit - edit and correct (written or printed material) bracket out, bracket - place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"
	2.	edit - supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" issue, publish, bring out, release, put out - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
	3.	edit - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" edit out, cut alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
	4.	edit - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" blue-pencil, delete censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

edit

verb

1. revise, check, improve, correct, polish, adapt, rewrite, censor, condense, annotate, rephrase, redraft, copy-edit, emend, prepare for publication, redact The publisher has the right to edit the book once it has been written.

2. put together, select, arrange, organize, assemble, compose, rearrange, reorder She has edited a collection of essays.

3. be in charge of, control, direct, be responsible for, be the editor of I used to edit the college paper in the old days.

edit something out remove, cut, exclude, omit, erase, excise, delete, strike out, expunge, blue-pencil This scene was edited out for television.

Quotations
"Editing is the same as quarreling with writers - same thing exactly" [Harold Ross]

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Translations

يُحَرِّرُ

editovat

redigere

bearbeiten Bearbeitung herausgeben

επεξεργάζομαι

editar redactar corregir dirigir

parandus

نشر کردن

editoidamuokatamuokkausmuutosmuuttaa

éditer modification modifier préparer rediger

עריכה

sajtó alá rendezszerkeszt

búa til útgáfu; klippa; ritstÿra

curare l'edizione di editoriale redigere rivedere

edo

redaguotiredaktoriusvedamasis

rediģēt

bewerken bewerking wijzigen wijziging aanpassing

redigere

editar

editare

urejati

bearbetaredigera

yayına hazırlamak

编辑

edit

[ˈedɪt]

A. VT (= be in charge of) [+ newspaper, magazine, etc] → dirigir; (= prepare for printing) → corregir, revisar; (= cut) → cortar, reducir (Cine, TV) → montar (Rad) → editar (Comput) → editar
edited by [newspaper] → bajo la dirección de; [text, book] → edición de, editado por

B. N → corrección f

C. CPD edit key N → tecla f de edición

edit out VT + ADV → eliminar, suprimir

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edit

[ˈɛdɪt] vt

[+ article, essay, manuscript] → préparer; [+ text written by sb else] → éditer

(COMPUTING) [+ file] → éditer

[editor] [+ magazine, newspaper] → être le rédacteur en chef de(la)/trice

[+ film] → monter

edit out

vt sep (= delete) → couper

edit

vt series, author, newspaper, magazine → herausgeben, edieren; newspaper story, book, text → redigieren, bearbeiten; film, tape → schneiden, cutten; (Comput) → editieren, bearbeiten; edited by: … (Film) → Schnitt: …

vi → redigieren, redaktionell arbeiten

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edit

[ˈɛdɪt] vt (newspaper, magazine) → dirigere; (book, series) → curare; (article, speech, text) → fare la revisione di; (tape, film) (TV) (programme) → montare (Comput) → editare, correggere e modificare

edit out vt + adv → tagliare

edit

(ˈedit) verb

to prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, programme, film etc) for publication, or for broadcasting etc, especially by correcting, altering, shortening etc.

edition (iˈdiʃn) noun

a number of copies of a book etc printed at a time, or the form in which they are produced. the third edition of the book; a paperback edition; the evening edition of the newspaper.

ˈeditor noun

1. a person who edits books etc. a dictionary editor.

2. a person who is in charge of (part of) a newspaper, journal etc. The editor of The Times; She has been appointed fashion editor.

ˌediˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective

of or belonging to editors. editorial work/staff.

noun

the leading article in a newspaper.

References in classic literature ?

"My Aunt Jane helped edit a paper when she was at Queen's Academy, and she said it was very amusing and helped her a great deal."

"Of course we'll have one," I said, "and Dan will edit it."

"Dan!" exclaimed Felicity, who had fondly expected to be asked to edit it herself.

"We want you to edit the household department, Felicity," I said, seeing a cloud lowering on that fair lady's brow.

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Lowell a paper on recent Italian comedy for the North American Review, which he and Professor Norton had then begun to edit. I was in the mean time printing the material of Venetian Life and the Italian Journeys in a Boston newspaper after its rejection by the magazines; and my literary life, almost without my willing it, had taken the course of critical observance of books and men in their actuality.

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But as I do not know when I shall re-visit Tanglewood, and as Eustace Bright probably will not ask me to edit a third "WonderBook," the public of little folks must not expect to hear any more about those dear children from me.

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They manage theaters, and promote swindles, and edit newspapers.

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Pickwick, with sundry blushes, produced the following little tale, as having been 'edited' by himself, during his recent indisposition, from his notes of Mr.

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Hatch and others (with translation of paraphrase attributed to Andronicus of Rhodes), edited by E.

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NOTE.--There is no book of Ossian specially edited for children.

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Smith's volume on the Berkshire Hills, these gentlemen, both reserved in nature, though near neighbours and often in the same company, were inclined to be shy of each other, partly, perhaps, through the knowledge that Melville had written a very appreciative review of 'Mosses from an Old Manse' for the New York Literary World, edited by their mutual friends, the Duyckincks.

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I remember how jubilant Markham was at securing a new photograph of the planet for the illustrated paper he edited in those days.