Edit Definition

ĕdĭt
edited, editing, edits
verb
edited, editing, edits
To prepare (an author's works, journals, letters, etc.) for publication, by selection, arrangement, and annotation.
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To revise and make ready (a manuscript) for publication.
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To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable.
Edited her remarks for presentation to a younger audience.
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To supervise the publication of and set the policy for (a newspaper, periodical, reference book, etc.)
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To prepare (a film, tape, or recording) for presentation by cutting and splicing, dubbing, rearranging, etc.
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noun
An act of editing.
A cut made in the edit.
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Abbreviation of edition.

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Abbreviation of editor.

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Abbreviation of editore (Italian for “publisher”).
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Abbreviation of editorial.

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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Edited (by)
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Edition.
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Editor.
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adjective

Abbreviation of edited.

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Abbreviation of editorial.

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idiom
edit out
  • to delete in editing
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Other Word Forms of Edit

Noun

Singular:
edit
Plural:
edits

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Origin of Edit

  • Partly back-formation from editor and partly from French éditer to publish (from Latin ēditus) (past participle of ēdere) (ē-, ex- ex-) (dare to give dō- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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