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/ ˈɛd ɪt /

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verb (used with object)

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).

noun

an instance of or the work of editing: automated machinery that allows a rapid edit of incoming news.

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Origin of edit

1785–95; 1915–20 for def. 6; partly back formation from editor, partly <French éditer<Latin ēditus published (past participle of ēdere to give out), equivalent to ē-e-¹ + -ditus combining form of datus given; cf. datum

OTHER WORDS FROM edit

mis·ed·it, verb (used with object)o·ver·ed·it, verbre·ed·it, verb (used with object)un·ed·it·ed, adjective

well-ed·it·ed, adjective

Words nearby edit

Edinburgh, Edirne, Edison, Edison effect, Edison, Thomas A., edit, Edith, Edith Cavell, edition, edition binding, editio princeps

Other definitions for edit (2 of 2)

edit.

abbreviation

edited.

edition.

editor.

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How to use edit in a sentence

Murphy replied that he wouldn’t allow any edits to the assessment that altered the intelligence.
What to make of the DHS whistleblower’s shocking complaint|Alex Ward|September 11, 2020|Vox
Only a small proportion of edits from Wikipedia are potential vandalism, and we’ve improved our systems to now detect 99 percent of those cases.
Google now uses BERT to match stories with fact checks|Barry Schwartz|September 10, 2020|Search Engine Land
If you need to make any edits, just open up your 1Password account on the web or on your phone.
How to get started using a password manager|David Nield|September 8, 2020|Popular-Science
Those edits are in adult cells and can’t be carried into future generations.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing|Tina Hesman Saey|September 3, 2020|Science News

With the idea for the vertical set, the edit team was then able to share the idea with sales, Schiller said, who could then find a partner that was looking to promote a similar message.
‘Not a simple adjacency strategy’: How Group Nine is selling advertisers on bigger and longer editorial deals|Kayleigh Barber|August 21, 2020|Digiday
Being there teaches you to think quickly, edit yourself, and not get too precious about your own work.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We just saw an edit of one called, “Doug Becomes A Feminist,” and I just really enjoyed watching it.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But after a while, the edit wars ended, and the article no longer had Einstein going to Albania.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
WardsWiki (as it became known) allowed anyone to edit and contribute, without even needing a password.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result was a new content management application that allowed users to edit and contribute to a Web page.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He showed how the state might print and bind and distribute, while men in "free associations" might edit and publish.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Only I wonder why you edit his book if it's like that, you know.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
He would edit a paper, comprehensive in its scope, and liberal in its views.
Mr. Opp|Alice Hegan Rice
There are persons, indeed, who would like to edit such songs and stories especially for the use of children.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
I had hoped to meet him some day, to draw out his confidences, perchance to edit his memoirs.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914|Various

British Dictionary definitions for edit

edit

/ (ˈɛdɪt) /

verb (tr)

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

noun

informal an act of editinggive the book a final edit

Word Origin for edit

C18: back formation from editor

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