edited‧it /ˈedɪt/ ●●○ verb 
Word Origin Examples
The newspaper edits letters before printing them.2[transitive] to prepare a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and in what order: a collection of essays edited by John Gay3[transitive] to prepare a film by deciding what to include and in what order4[transitive] to be responsible for the information that is included in a newspaper, magazine etc: She used to edit the Observer.—edit noun [countable]edit something ↔ out phrasal verb to remove something when you are preparing a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting SYN cut: The interviewer’s questions have been edited out.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINedit
Verb TableOrigin:
1700-1800 editorVERB TABLE
edit
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | edit |
| he, she, it | edits | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | edited |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have edited |
| he, she, it | has edited | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had edited |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will edit |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have edited |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am editing |
| he, she, it | is editing | |
| you, we, they | are editing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was editing |
| you, we, they | were editing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been editing |
| he, she, it | has been editing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been editing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be editing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been editing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Gupta founded and edited a newspaper in colonial East Africa.
- Viewing and editing documents on screen can be much quicker than working on paper.
- Education bosses have edited favourite children's author Roald Dahl out of their proposed guide to recommended reading in schools.
- He looks at a film in the editing room like a sculptor and assembles the pieces.
- Nor is there any way of inputting or editing individual records.
- Press B to enter the edit mode.
- Today the Foxfire magazine is still written, edited, and published by students.
Longman Language Activatorto remove writing, film, or music from paper, a tape etc► delete
Collocations to remove part or all of a document in a computer, so that it no longer exists: · I think you should delete the second paragraph.· The computer automatically deletes any files you have not saved.
► rub out British /erase American to remove writing or pictures from paper by rubbing with a piece of rubber, or to remove writing or pictures from a board by rubbing with a cloth: · Use a pencil so you can erase your mistakes.rub something out: · I had to rub the whole thing out and start again.rub out something: · Someone had rubbed out my name.
► cross out to draw a line through a word to show that it was a mistake or that you want to change what you have written: cross out something: · She crossed out the names of people who had left.cross something out: · That's not right. Cross it out and start again.
► erase to remove writing, film, or music that has been recorded on a machine: · Is there any way I can erase this videotape so no one will see what's on it?· Somehow the magnets had erased the entire cassette.
► cut to remove a section from a computer document, piece of writing, or film: · Some of the descriptions are a bit long and should be cut.· A couple of the scenes had to be cut because they were too violent.
► edit out to remove something when you are preparing a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting. : edit something out: · If you make a mistake, don't worry - we can edit it out before the interview is shown.edit out something: · They had edited out several of the most important points in the article.
WORD SETS► Communicationsamplitude, nounAV, beam, verbcall letters, nouncall sign, nounconsole, nouncopier, nouncopyright, nouncoverage, nouncryptography, nouncuneiform, adjectivecypher, noundigital, adjectivedigitize, verbdirectional, adjectivedisinformation, noundisquisition, noundisseminate, verbdocument, verbedit, verbeditor, nounelectronic mail, nounemail, nounfax, nounfax, verbfibre optics, nounfrequency, nounindex, nouninformation science, nouninformation technology, nounintercom, nounloudhailer, nounloudspeaker, nounmedia, nounmedia studies, nounmedium, nounmicrofilm, nounmonitor, nounmultimedia, adjectivenetwork, nounnetwork, verbnews conference, nounnewsreel, nounnonverbal, adjectiveopinion-makers, nounoptical fibre, nounover, adverboverhead, nounoverhead projector, nounPA, nounpage, verbpager, nounpalimpsest, nounpapyrus, nounpenmanship, nounradio beacon, nounradio-cassette player, nounradiogram, nounrecord, nounreissue, verbreportage, nounscramble, verbsemaphore, nounsmoke signal, nounsound wave, nounsurfing, nounTannoy, nountelecommunications, nountransceiver, nountransponder, nounvideo conferencing, nounVideotex, nounvoice print, nounwalkie-talkie, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► edit a file
Word family (=make changes to it)· I edited the file and saved it to the hard disk.
► edit a film· The film was edited using the latest digital technology.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out· Jake was reviewing the Ireland match on video, editing out all the passages of time where the ball was dead.· That line had been edited out of yesterday's remarks.· Not only would this save costs, but coughs and extraneous noises could be edited out.· But when leaders shape visions that are too wordy, peo-ple edit out all but the most meaningful aspirations.· Observers of the seven-month trial are left wondering who edited out the intrigue.· Often elements of the story would be edited out by the interval.· With Lowell a lot had to be edited out before she spoke.· It was like a rerun of the reel in which my father was edited out.
NOUN► book· He has written or edited twelve books, mainly examining relationships between industrial change and regional and national economies.· The book is, however, not disjointed and the chapters are uniform in presentation and carefully edited.· He is a man who has edited a book of satirical verse.
► books· He has written or edited twelve books, mainly examining relationships between industrial change and regional and national economies.
► document· Anyone with access to your disk can recall, print, or edit your documents.· You can edit a new document as you type it or an existing one that is already saved on the disk.· Unlike some other word-processing programs, WordPerfect does not automatically make backup copies of edited documents.· Of course, to edit an existing document, you must first recall it.· Proofread and edit the completed document. use the Spell and Thesaurus programs.
► file· Now you need to edit the WIN.INI file.· For more flexibility use the Editor to edit the DOSSHELL.INI file.
► film· Making and editing getting on for fifty films would take time, but Karajan was well ahead of the game.· For example, every Disney animator had a Moviola for viewing and editing film.· Six 12-hour days of editing later, the film was finished.
► letter· Firstly, I understand that you must edit letters, but the crucial point on avoiding sexist language was omitted.· Then you can edit your letter later.· We reserve the right to edit letters.· The editor reserves the right to edit letters.· The editor is not bound to agree with readers' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters.· We reserve the right to edit all letters so that all the nasty, unintelligible bits get taken out.
► magazine· She also edited our magazine for several years.· He edited the magazine Hills, and coordinated as series of influential talks on the new writing.· He edited the school magazine and was a leading figure on the school's workers' council.· Helen will continue to edit the magazine as she has since 1965.· Later, at Ohio State University, he edited the campus humor magazine.
► newspaper· I used to edit a radical student newspaper.· A trade union employed a journalist to edit its newspaper.· He now edits Solidarity's weekly newspaper, but probably not for long.
► page· Usually, you can run a Web browser at the same time as you're editing your Web page.· This will give you the opportunity to edit your pages as you review them.· Many people are still using it to create and edit Web pages.
► text· The learner is enabled to edit and modify text in the same way, say, as an adult journalist would.· Save it as text and you can read or edit it in any text viewer or word processor.
► user· The user can then edit the index if any entries need amending.· PaperPort software creates a graphic image of the scanned item and lets the user edit, annotate and sort the result.· The combined package with the basic function of Photoshop Version 2.5, enables users to input and edit images with their computer.
► video· Colleagues presented him with video editing equipment which was handed over by Michael Larkin, senior manager in Research Group.· The company capitalized on burgeoning demand for workstations designed for highly graphical applications, such as video editing and engineering design.· Jake was reviewing the Ireland match on video, editing out all the passages of time where the ball was dead.· This presents problems when video is being edited unless frame-accurate editing equipment is being used - see Chapter 8.· A new development called time-coding is in the process of revolutionising video editing at the advanced amateur level.· Matinee gives you over 30 clips of video to edit and view.
► woman· Like Maxim, this one also is being edited by a woman, Amy Schrier.
VERB► publish· Here we publish edited answers to some of the questions that are dominating the current political debate.· Nearby, DayStar Digital was selling its pricier, super-performance Mac clones for high-end publishing and editing.· The resulting historic memoir was published in 1907, edited by Geikie in his retirement.· It will be published by Heinemann, edited by Penny Hoare, and the backlist will appear in Mandarin.· Examples of policy statements have been published in a book edited by Futas.
► reserve· We reserve the right to edit letters.· Editors reserve the right to edit entries for taste or content.· Please keep letters as brief as possible, and legible; we reserve the right to edit them.· The editor reserves the right to edit letters.· The editor is not bound to agree with readers' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters.
► write· This unfortunately gives the-perhaps false-impression, that the text was written or edited in rather a rushed manner.· Today the Foxfire magazine is still written, edited, and published by students.· He has written or edited twelve books, mainly examining relationships between industrial change and regional and national economies.· Within each sphere, there are those who own or manage the media and those who write or edit the content.· It was written, edited, illustrated and compiled by homeless and formerly homeless people in San Francisco.· All your knowledge is drawn from an old book that some one wrote and edited.
WORD FAMILYnounediteditoreditioneditorialeditorializeeditorshipadjectiveeditorialverbeditadverbeditorially
1[intransitive, transitive] to prepare a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting by removing mistakes or parts that are not acceptable: The newspaper edits letters before printing them.2[transitive] to prepare a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and in what order: a collection of essays edited by John Gay3[transitive] to prepare a film by deciding what to include and in what order4[transitive] to be responsible for the information that is included in a newspaper, magazine etc: She used to edit the Observer.—edit noun [countable]edit something ↔ out phrasal verb to remove something when you are preparing a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting SYN cut: The interviewer’s questions have been edited out.