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E0040800 (ĕd′ĭt)tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its 1. a. To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.b. To prepare an edition of for publication: edit a collection of short stories.c. To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable: edited her remarks for presentation to a younger audience.2. To supervise the publication of (a newspaper or magazine, for example).3. To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing.4. To eliminate; delete: edited the best scene out.n. An act or instance of editing: made several last-minute edits for reasons of space.Phrasal Verbs: edit in To insert during the course of editing: An additional scene was edited in before the show was aired. edit out To delete during the course of editing: A controversial scene was edited out of the film.

[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; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]

edit

(ˈɛdɪt) vb (tr) 1. (Journalism & Publishing) to prepare (text) for publication by checking and improving its accuracy, clarity, etc2. (Journalism & Publishing) to be in charge of (a publication, esp a periodical): he edits the local newspaper. 3. (Film) to prepare (a film, tape, etc) by rearrangement, selection, or rejection of previously filmed or taped material4. (Computer Science) (tr) to modify (a computer file) by, for example, deleting, inserting, moving, or copying text5. (Journalism & Publishing) (often foll by out) to remove (incorrect or unwanted matter), as from a manuscript or filmn (Journalism & Publishing) informal an act of editing: give the book a final edit. [C18: back formation from editor]

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v.t. 1. to supervise or direct the preparation of (a publication); serve as editor of. 2. to collect, prepare, and arrange (materials) for publication. 3. to revise or correct, as a manuscript. 4. to delete; eliminate (often fol. by out): to edit out all references to his family. 5. to prepare (film, tape, etc.) by deleting, arranging, and splicing material. 6. to alter the arrangement of (genes). 7. to modify (computer data or text). n. 8. an instance or the process of editing. [1785–95; partly back formation from editor, partly < French éditer < Latin ēditus published] ed′it•a•ble, adj.

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1. edited. 2. edition. 3. editor.

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publish">publish1. 'edit'

If you edit a text, you examine it and make corrections to it so that it is suitable for publication.

I am indebted most particularly to Mrs Maria Jepps, who checked and edited the entire work.2. 'publish'

Do not confuse edit with publish. When a company publishes a book or magazine, it prints copies of it, which are then sent to shops to be sold.

His latest book of poetry will be published by Faber in May.

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Past participle: edited
Gerund: editing

Imperative
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Present
I edit
you edit
he/she/it edits
we edit
you edit
they edit

Preterite
I edited
you edited
he/she/it edited
we edited
you edited
they edited

Present Continuous
I am editing
you are editing
he/she/it is editing
we are editing
you are editing
they are editing

Present Perfect
I have edited
you have edited
he/she/it has edited
we have edited
you have edited
they have edited

Past Continuous
I was editing
you were editing
he/she/it was editing
we were editing
you were editing
they were editing

Past Perfect
I had edited
you had edited
he/she/it had edited
we had edited
you had edited
they had edited

Future
I will edit
you will edit
he/she/it will edit
we will edit
you will edit
they will edit

Future Perfect
I will have edited
you will have edited
he/she/it will have edited
we will have edited
you will have edited
they will have edited

Future Continuous
I will be editing
you will be editing
he/she/it will be editing
we will be editing
you will be editing
they will be editing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been editing
you have been editing
he/she/it has been editing
we have been editing
you have been editing
they have been editing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been editing
you will have been editing
he/she/it will have been editing
we will have been editing
you will have been editing
they will have been editing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been editing
you had been editing
he/she/it had been editing
we had been editing
you had been editing
they had been editing

Conditional
I would edit
you would edit
he/she/it would edit
we would edit
you would edit
they would edit

Past Conditional
I would have edited
you would have edited
he/she/it would have edited
we would have edited
you would have edited
they would have edited

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	edit - 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"redactalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"interpolate, alter, falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it therebycut up, hack - significantly cut up a manuscriptblack out - suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"blank out - cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out"copyedit, copyread, subedit - edit and correct (written or printed material)bracket out, bracket - place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"
	2.	edit - supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"issue, publish, bring out, release, put out - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
	3.	edit - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"edit out, cutalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
	4.	edit - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"blue-pencil, deletecensor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

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verb1. revise, check, improve, correct, polish, adapt, rewrite, censor, condense, annotate, rephrase, redraft, copy-edit, emend, prepare for publication, redact The publisher has the right to edit the book once it has been written.2. put together, select, arrange, organize, assemble, compose, rearrange, reorder She has edited a collection of essays.3. be in charge of, control, direct, be responsible for, be the editor of I used to edit the college paper in the old days.edit something out remove, cut, exclude, omit, erase, excise, delete, strike out, expunge, blue-pencil This scene was edited out for television.Quotations
"Editing is the same as quarreling with writers - same thing exactly" [Harold Ross]

Translations

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edit

(ˈedit) verb to prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, programme, film etc) for publication, or for broadcasting etc, especially by correcting, altering, shortening etc. 编辑edition (iˈdiʃn) noun a number of copies of a book etc printed at a time, or the form in which they are produced. the third edition of the book; a paperback edition; the evening edition of the newspaper. 版，版本 ˈeditor noun1. a person who edits books etc. a dictionary editor.编辑2. a person who is in charge of (part of) a newspaper, journal etc. The editor of The Times; She has been appointed fashion editor.编辑ˌediˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective of or belonging to editors. editorial work/staff.编辑的 noun the leading article in a newspaper. 社论

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edit (something) out of (something)

To remove something unwanted or unnecessary from something, often a text or film/video, while editing it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "edit" and "out." You should edit this paragraph out of your essay because it doesn’t make much sense. Don't worry, we'll edit that line out of the final version.See also: edit, of, out

edit in

To add something to something, such as a text or film/video, while editing it. The transition between these two sections just didn't make sense to me, so I edited in an extra paragraph.See also: edit

edit something out of something

and edit something outto strike out words or sentences from something that is going to be published; to cut out textual material in the editing process. She edited the foul language out of the essay. Frank edited out the misspelled words.See also: edit, of, out

edit in

v. To insert something during the course of editing: The sound mixer edited in the soundtrack after the video was shot. Before the show was aired, an additional scene was edited in.See also: edit

edit out

v. To delete something during the course of editing: To shorten the film, they decided to edit out one musical number from each scene. The censor insisted that the author edit the controversial paragraph out.See also: edit, out

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