edit
Plural: edits
Verb
Verb Forms: edited, editing, edits
- To prepare written material for publication by correcting, revising, or adapting.
- 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"
- supervise the publication of
- "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
- cut and assemble the components of
- "edit film"
- cut or eliminate
- "she edited the juiciest scenes"
- To change a text, or a document.
- To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.
- To be the editor of a publication.
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
- To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
- To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.
- To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
- To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
Noun
- A change to the text of a document.
- A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
- An edited piece of media, especially video footage.
- A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.
- An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
- An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
- A range of products related by theme or purpose.
Examples
- a basketball edit, a Thor edit
- An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot.
- bro thinks he's in an edit (Internet meme)
- He edits the Chronicle.
- I had to EDIT my word choice, realizing ’ZA’ was a better play than ’AX’ in Words With Friends.
- We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.
- Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
- Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.
Origin / Etymology
Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.
Scrabble Score: 5
edit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordedit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 5
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