Meaning of edit in English:

edit

Pronunciation /ˈɛdɪt/

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verbedits, editing, edited

[with object]

1Prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.
‘Volume I was edited by J. Johnson’
- ‘Feel free to use and edit the stuff I write, please.’
- ‘At the moment I may not be too good at pumping out new material but I seem to find critiquing and editing old stuff okay.’
- ‘If you're some kind of a writer you might come back to them at intervals in search of material, or to edit them for publication.’
- ‘The work on editing the typescript in preparation for publication continues.’
- ‘After all, journalists, not proprietors, actually write and edit these papers.’
- ‘And what must he or she have thought when they were editing this stuff?’
- ‘These letters have been edited for clarity and space.’
- ‘The excerpts have been edited lightly for clarification.’
- ‘He knows that the critical letters will be carefully edited for length.’
- ‘All have been carefully edited with helpful introductions, notes, reading lists and useful chronologies.’
- ‘Deborah is also editing an anthology regarding heterosexuality for Pluto Press.’
- ‘And so it is quite disappointing that this volume was very poorly edited.’
- ‘Letters for publication must be signed and may be edited for space and clarity.’
- ‘Even children's textbooks are edited to remove politically incorrect references.’
- ‘The published first-hand accounts of veterans are edited for one purpose or another.’
correct, check, copy-edit
select, choose, assemble, organize, put together, arrange, rearrange
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1. 1.1Choose material for (a film or radio or television programme) and arrange it to form a coherent whole.
  ‘you could edit together a succession of short clips’
  ‘the story was ruthlessly edited down to its allotted span’
  ‘the footage wasn't good enough to be edited into broadcast form’
  ‘In some ways it almost feels like a much longer documentary designed for television that has been edited down for the cinema.’
  ‘Theoretically, it is possible to shoot and edit a whole programme, in a matter of 2 days, for less than £1,000.’
  ‘The maker said it had edited the programme according to its time slot and had not allowed school-age children to be featured.’
  ‘Equally, cinema documentaries may have to be edited down for television.’
  ‘It gives you the opportunity to edit together your own version of three scenes.’
  ‘Premiere is a powerhouse of tools for editing your video giving you the equivalent of a studio full of traditional equipment only a few years ago.’
  ‘Some 200 hours of footage have been edited down to the less than two hours that make up the completed film.’
  ‘Consequently, the snuff auteur edited the film to hide his identity.’
  ‘We know that he did work on the editing a long time, partly because he hadn't edited digital video before.’
  ‘They worked hard over the weekend and filmed some great material from which to edit the forthcoming video.’
  ‘And that telephone conversation was edited down to a few minutes in the film, but it was close to an hour and a half long.’
  ‘Two years in the Serengeti and 600 hours of footage later, Downer and his team had to edit a film which matched Nye's script.’
  ‘When he started in TV news, crews edited news reports on film stock, prompting fewer edits and a slower visual pace.’
  ‘I heard that he edited the film and showed it somewhere, but the footage is gone, and not in my hands anymore.’
  ‘We then put it in, as I was editing the film, so that as it was going together, we were laying the score and trying it out.’
  ‘There's plenty of power on tap - enough to edit family videos - and most of the software you are likely to need is gratis.’
  ‘Then, the footage is carefully edited together and burned as a lesson to all concerned.’
  ‘Hundreds of hours of raw footage were edited down to 90 minutes by the U.S. film makers.’
  ‘The one-hour debate (with ads and news breaks) was severely edited for the purposes of the documentary.’
  ‘Surely the one advantage of this being on tape is they could edit this stuff down?’
  select, choose, assemble, organize, put together, arrange, rearrange
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2. 1.2Change (text) on a computer.
  ‘Over the years I've used all kinds of software but a lot of the time I use my computer to edit text.’
  ‘There's no sense in trying to write / edit your text online, on a slow, timed connection.’
  ‘Although it uses an XML language format, the code will be pretty familiar to anyone who has worked with HTML to edit web pages.’
  ‘Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit web page content using any Web browser.’
  ‘Techniques for editing the text displayed by a computer program are disclosed.’
  ‘And because it's vector-based, designers can manipulate it without losing the ability to edit the text.’
  ‘Then I had to edit the text that showed up under the logo in the file boot.msg.’
  ‘The software tracks who has edited a particular document and what changes were made.’
  ‘Administrative interfaces are available to edit records.’
  ‘That's fine for display purposes, but if the file is edited and sent back to a PC, the original font selections are lost.’
  ‘Finally, if you're done editing this file and want to see the first error in the next file use the: cnf command.’
  ‘However, editing a file that uses entities in this way is tedious and difficult at best.’
  ‘To make this value unchangeable, simply edit the file as shown.’
  ‘I'd rather not have to edit the history file manually, which seems to be the only way I know to cover my tracks.’
  amend, emend, correct, alter, change, adapt, edit, copy-edit, rewrite, redraft, rescript, recast, rephrase, rework, update, revamp
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3. 1.3edit something outRemove unnecessary or inappropriate material from a text, film, or radio or television programme.
  ‘the film's sexually explicit scenes have been edited out’
  ‘Nah, someone would have edited it out after seeing a rough cut, wouldn't they?’
  ‘Those Big Brother tactics were edited out of the official White House transcript.’
  ‘As a consequence that sequence was edited out in some parts of the country.’
  ‘It's clear that a great deal was edited out of Soderbergh's final cut, and, while the absence of this material doesn't render the storyline incoherent, there are occasions when the narrative becomes choppy.’
  ‘And so it was edited out and it was actually changed to three times a week!’
  ‘Not only are they demanding an apology, the dissidents have also asked for the BBC's assurance that certain scenes will be edited out before the show is sold abroad.’
  ‘Unfortunately, he said it in a show that was heavily scripted and not something that NBC was prepared for, but I regret that NBC edited it out on the West Coast.’
  ‘He also told his staff to make sure those jokes were edited out of those shows if and when they were rerun.’
  ‘She played the unedited versions of songs - insisting that the meaning was changed when words were edited out.’
  ‘In the end, this chapter will be edited out of the book, but you or I, or whoever writes it will have a lot of stimulating conversations that may very well unearth other directions for discussion.’
  ‘We'll assume that Brad answered that question but the explanation was edited out for space in the final edition.’
  ‘The best part is that all the waiting has been edited out, and we just get the good bits.’
  ‘Most of the positive stuff has been edited out for effect, but the message is both clear and encouraging.’
  ‘He edited this remark out of the printed version of his comments, because he had found that people tended to recall his playful statements more readily than his serious ones.’
  ‘The song almost made it into the film but Disney, who monitored every stage of the three-year production process, decided it was too long and edited it out.’
  ‘The author apparently felt that this scene was too horrific and graphic to present to the audience, so he shrewdly decided to edit them out.’
  ‘He seems to produce them without prior planning, and there is no effort to edit them out.’
  ‘I'd had to edit some bits out to make it more concise.’
  ‘However, when someone states something totally and obviously false as a matter of fact, it is up to the paper to either edit the error out, or provide the correct information.’
  ‘A piano tinkles somewhere in the back of the room and a loud cough interrupts one song: no-one had yet devised the means to edit it out.’
  delete, cross out, cross through, strike out, score out, scratch out, cancel, put a line through, blue-pencil, ink out, edit out, blank out
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2Be editor of (a newspaper or magazine)
‘he began to edit the magazine in 1923’
- ‘He was a writer, philosopher and political activist, and edited several newspapers and magazines.’
- ‘Kennedy becomes the first woman to edit a national newspaper in Ireland and only the fourth editor of the Irish Times in 40 years.’
- ‘However, not much is known about the life, times and journalistic career of the legendary poet who had edited several newspapers during the freedom struggle.’
- ‘I edited a weekly newspaper in New Orleans and then did some freelancing for Deneuve Magazine.’
- ‘Yet, she managed to edit a community newspaper in Chennai for a brief period.’
- ‘He edits a newspaper that has won so many national and state journalism awards that he displays only the first-place plaques.’
- ‘If you're suddenly editing a newspaper, it's probably not at all what you thought it was going to be like when you were a writer.’
- ‘In 1838 he founded and briefly edited a newspaper, The Long Islander.’
- ‘Nelson was a graduate of Indiana University, where he edited the student newspaper when Ernie Pyle was one of the writers.’
- ‘While at Bucknell University, he edited the conservative newspaper, the Sentinel.’
- ‘As an information specialist, he edited a military newspaper, the Southern Cross.’
- ‘He edited a local newspaper.’
- ‘I'm willing to bet she edited the college newspaper.’
- ‘She edited the school newspaper and was a class president.’
- ‘He edited that newspaper from 1913 until his death in 1917.’
- ‘He became a university lecturer, and from 1957 edited The Africanist newspaper.’
- ‘For a time wen I was younger, I even edited a fanzine, though this was later abandoned in favour of getting more involved and writing for other people's fanzines.’
- ‘He edited newspapers and participated in numerous reform movements.’
- ‘I edit a call-in programme for BBC Radio Leeds which today will be looking at whether its ever right to lie.’
- ‘He has edited the programme for more than 30 years, but if anybody can do it, it is him.’
be the editor of, control the content of, control, direct, run, manage, be in charge of, be responsible for, be at the helm of, be chief of, head, lead, supervise, superintend, oversee, preside over, be the boss of
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3Genetics
Alter (a gene or other nucleotide sequence) by the insertion, deletion, or replacement of one or more nucleotides.
‘in recent years, scientists have sought more precise ways to edit the genome’
- ‘Should we edit the genes of babies, changing the human species?’
- ‘A scientist also edited the genome of twin babies, in a process that is considered widely unethical and, in several countries, illegal.’
- ‘US researchers, with the help of gene editing technology CRISPR, have edited a gene variant that leads to deafness in mice.’
- ‘A developmental biologist is experimenting with CRISPR technology to edit genes in order to prevent certain hereditary genetic diseases and mutations, such as blindness or cystic fibrosis.’
- ‘The researchers showed that they could edit the parasite's genes with CRISPR.’
- ‘The informal moratorium was broken last November when the Chinese biophysicist shocked fellow scientists with an announcement that his lab had edited an immune system gene in early embryos.’
- ‘Scientists have edited mice's genomes and removed HIV completely.’
- ‘If you ask me, we're not meant to edit our genes. That's like overwriting nature.’
- ‘A Russian biologist is planning to work with five congenitally deaf couples, all of whom have agreed to let him edit the defective and recessive genes known to be responsible from hearing loss from their embryos.’
- ‘The gene editing tool, which uses an enzyme called Cas9 to precisely cut and edit sequences of DNA, made headlines last year after a Chinese scientist admitted to using it on unborn children to make them resistant to HIV.’

noun

1A change or correction made as a result of editing.
‘the system has no word wrap feature—so even small edits involved extensive rekeying’
- ‘When he started in TV news, crews edited news reports on film stock, prompting fewer edits and a slower visual pace.’
- ‘The edits adjust the pacing to keep the movie feeling like one big Looney Tunes epic, rather than a cheap ‘clip job’ compilation.’
- ‘But the Hollywood Reporter concluded that ‘even extensive edits had failed to produce an acceptably balanced portrayal.’’
- ‘All of these segments were digitally captured on video using a single camera in one uninterrupted, 90-minute take, with no edits or re-shoots.’
- ‘After they painstakingly restored the film to its 222 minute glory, David Lean wanted to make a few edits.’
- ‘These consist of scenes that have small edits in them, either a few words of dialogue or a joke that was eventually cut from the final film.’
- ‘Miramax, initially intending to release the movie to compete for the 2002 Oscars, shelved the picture at the last minute after deciding that re-shoots and edits were needed to get it into shape.’
- ‘There have also been rumors of massive last-minute edits (possibly connected with Webb's demand), which may explain the choppiness of the film's narrative.’
- ‘There were endless delays, right up until the premiere at Cannes earlier this year, where the film arrived a couple of days late due to some last minute edits.’
- ‘But don't hold these cinematically essential edits against the genre.’
- ‘I hope you'll participate in this effort by contributing feedback, edits, criticism, corrections, and additional anecdotes, either through the comments field below or by sending me email.’
- ‘And then it goes one step further: 99% of the curse words and sexual references are removed in odd, disorienting edits.’
- ‘It makes sense only in tiny individual edits - exactly like every other dimwitted action spectacular.’
revision, alteration, change, modification, qualification, adaptation, adjustment
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1. 1.1A version of written, recorded, or filmed material made as a result of editing.
  ‘a rough edit of some delightful Javanese gamelan music’
  ‘The film received 20 minutes of applause when a rough edit was shown and won the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.’
  ‘As the days went on, I was keeping a close eye on how many shots I had in the bag, and I began cutting a rough edit of all the best clips we had.’
  ‘Can't wait to share the final edit with you in the coming months!’
  ‘Sometimes scenes that work on the stage don't work in the final edit.’
  ‘The final edit premieres tomorrow evening.’
  ‘Studio executives agreed to re-edit the movie to appease censors, who are now happy with the final edit.’
  ‘Having seen a recent edit in Hong Kong, the film is getting better day by day.’
  ‘First up are a few remixes and edits of previously released songs, which are intriguing but hardly essential.’
  ‘Has anyone else seen the new edit of Star Wars?’
  ‘Rough edits of visuals were sent out to musicians who were asked to use them as the basis for producing soundtracks.’
  ‘Several of these tracks are edits of lengthy jam sessions.’
  ‘There are many edits of this film out there - some with nudity and some without.’
  ‘A special edit of Basement Jaxx's Good Luck will accompany the opening coverage.’
  ‘On the DVD that comes with the box set, a specially produced edit of the film makes this narrative clear.’
2. 1.2A featured selection of clothes, accessories, beauty products, etc. from a particular season or collection.
  ‘this is ELLE’s personal Autumn/Winter 2012 edit’
  ‘Last night, I went to the Time Warner Center to hear all about the L.K. Bennett Spring/Summer Edit.’
  ‘Myer’s Autumn/Winter edit received a spectacular unveiling at Mural Hall last Thursday.’
  ‘Get inspired by our top two accessory trends as seen in the JETS Autumn/Winter edit for the season ahead!’
  ‘The high street edit: we bring you our pick of the season's best buys.’
  ‘Have a peek through our gallery to find our edit of the sales pieces worth splurging on.’
  ‘Shop our edit of the best workwear pieces to nail office chic’
  ‘For a quick-fix capsule beach wardrobe, here's our edit of the best at M&S.’
  ‘The shoe edit – we’ve got a great selection of treats for your feet, from dainty heels to flip flops, which will get you through every occasion this summer.’
  ‘Are you a fan of Rebecca’s designs? What do you make of her Autumn/Winter 2012 edit?’
  ‘Be crafty with our edit of spring's best patchwork pieces.’