v.
(edits, editing, edited)
- prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.
▸prepare and arrange material for (a recording or broadcast).
▸change (online text) on a computer or word processor.
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(edit something out)
remove material in preparing a recording or broadcast.
- be editor of (a newspaper or magazine).
n.
a change or correction made as a result of editing.
Derivative
Etymology
C18: partly a back-form. from editor, reinforced by Fr. éditer ‘to edit’.