edit
to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
to collect, prepare, and arrange (materials) for publication.
to revise or correct, as a manuscript.
to expunge; eliminate (often followed by out): The author has edited out all references to his own family.
to add (usually followed by in).
to prepare (motion-picture film, video or magnetic tape) by deleting, arranging, and splicing, by synchronizing the sound record with the film, etc.
Genetics. to alter the arrangement of (genes).
Computers. to modify or add to (data or text).
an instance of or the work of editing: automated machinery that allows a rapid edit of incoming news.
Origin of edit
1Other words from edit
- mis·ed·it, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·ed·it, verb
- re·ed·it, verb (used with object)
- un·ed·it·ed, adjective
- well-ed·it·ed, adjective
Other definitions for edit. (2 of 2)
edited.
edition.
editor.
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How to use edit in a sentence
As the year draws to a close, a few members of our edit staff shared stories that defined the last 12 months for their beat.
Video: TechCrunch editors share their top stories of 2020 | Veanne Cao | December 23, 2020 | TechCrunchThese reports were put together by the edit team tracking industry trends and painted a broad picture of the media company’s audience.
How Complex entered the race to earn revenue from audience insights | Kayleigh Barber | December 23, 2020 | DigidayIn pigs, it’s necessary to create identical edits in many animals in order to establish a population of founder pigs for breeding.
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic | Katie McLean | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewEach song runs about three minutes long, and you can tack on more verses and make edits for an extra free.
So smart home devices in place and hooked together with Home Assistant, an open source Python project, I customized it and made some edits and a few integrations.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands and Spain opted for the "unedited" version.
Sony Emails Show How the Studio Plans to Censor Kim Jong Un Assassination Comedy ‘The Interview’ | William Boot | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe tells The Daily Beast exclusively that as long as criticism of Putin is aired unedited in his shows he has “no problem.”
What follows is a completely unedited transcript of that conversation.
Ryan Lochte Tells All: Sex, Swimming, Dating, Drinking, and Dieting | Anna Klassen | April 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I watched back-to-back first the unedited video and then the MSNBC version.
Romney demanded that Mother Jones release the whole unedited tape, and it did, and there was nothing there for Romney to lean on.
A number of other law tracts must have existed in early times, and several which have been preserved are still unedited.
She spoke to him, as she always did, in a manner entirely unedited for children.
The Wishing-Ring Man | Margaret WiddemerBear in mind your ability as an author and make my life a poem of delights, an unedited romance.
Garrick's Pupil | Auguston FilonBut Major Hume found the papers in the Spanish official publication in a deplorably unedited state.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories | Andrew LangIn a great many cases the copy will come in carelessly written and wholly unedited.
Punctuation | Frederick W. Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for edit
/ (ˈɛdɪt) /
to prepare (text) for publication by checking and improving its accuracy, clarity, etc
to be in charge of (a publication, esp a periodical): he edits the local newspaper
to prepare (a film, tape, etc) by rearrangement, selection, or rejection of previously filmed or taped material
(tr) to modify (a computer file) by, for example, deleting, inserting, moving, or copying text
(often foll by out) to remove (incorrect or unwanted matter), as from a manuscript or film
informal an act of editing: give the book a final edit
Origin of edit
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