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English
Etymology
Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.
Pronunciation
Noun
edit (plural edits)
- A change to the text of a document.
- (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
- An edited piece of media, especially video footage.
An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot.
- (Internet, specifically) A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.
a basketball edit, a Thor edit
bro thinks he's in an edit (Internet meme)
2023 July 21, Carver Fisher, “Tarik slams "over-edited" Valorant TikTok video trend”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2023-11-08:Valorant edits have become massive on TikTok as creators put their editing skills to the test in making the best edits they can, but Tarik argued that videos like these can be "over-edited" and that he can't tell what's happening.
- (comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
- (genetics) An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
- (fashion) A range of products related by theme or purpose.
Derived terms
Translations
a change to the text of a document
- Arabic: تَحْرِير m (taḥrīr)
- Azerbaijani: redaktə
- Bulgarian: реда́кция (bg) f (redákcija)
- Catalan: edició (ca) f, modificació (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 編輯/编辑 (zh) (biānjí)
- Dutch: wijziging (nl) f, aanpassing (nl) f, bewerking (nl) f
- Esperanto: ŝanĝo, modifo, adapto
- Estonian: parandus
- Finnish: muokkaus (fi), muutos (fi)
- French: modification (fr) f, correction (fr) f
- German: Bearbeitung (de) f, Änderung (de) f
- Hebrew: עריכה f (arikhá)
- Hindi: सम्पादन (hi) m (sampādan)
- Hungarian: szerkeszt (hu)
- Italian: modifica (it)
- Japanese: 編集 (ja) (へんしゅう, henshū)
- Korean: 편집(編輯) (ko) (pyeonjip)
- Latin: correctio class orrēctiō
- Malay: suntingan (ms)
- Malayalam: സംശോധനം (ml) (saṁśōdhanaṁ), തിരുത്ത് (ml) (tiruttŭ)
- Maori: ētita
- Marathi: संपादन n (sampādan)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: redigering m or f, endring (no) m or f
- Old English: adihtan
- Persian: ویرایش (fa) (virâyeš)
- Polish: redakcja (pl) f
- Portuguese: edição (pt) f
- Romanian: modificare (ro) f, corectare (ro) f, redactare (ro) f
- Russian: реда́кция (ru) f (redákcija), редакти́рование (ru) n (redaktírovanije), пра́вка (ru) f (právka)
- Spanish: edición (es) f
- Swedish: ändring (sv), redigering (sv)
- Tajik: вироиш (tg) (viroyiš)
- Thai: การแก้ไข (th) (gaan-gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi)
- Tigrinya: ኣርትዖት (ʾartəʿot)
- Vietnamese: sự biên tập (vi)
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a change in the text of a file
Verb
edit (third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)
- To change a text, or a document.
- Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.
- To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.
- We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.
- (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
- He edits the Chronicle.
1912, L. Frank Baum, chapter 3, in Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation:"How?" responded Patsy; "why, it's easy enough, Uncle. We'll buy a press, hire a printer, and Beth and Louise will help me edit the paper. I'm sure I can exhibit literary talents of a high order, once they are encouraged to sprout. Louise writes lovely poetry and 'stories of human interest,' and Beth—"
- (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
- Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
- (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
2015 April 26, Beth Shapiro, “Could we 'de-extinctify' the woolly mammoth”, in The Guardian:Today, the technology to edit genomes is limited in the number of changes that can be made at once, which is probably one reason why the Harvard team focused on only 14 genes.
- To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.
2014 December 17, Mekado Murphy, “Below the Line: Editing ‘Boyhood’”, in New York Times:When the director approached Ms. Adair about his idea for “Boyhood,” shooting footage each of those 12 years, she immediately agreed to take part. The decision was made to edit the film progressively, cutting the scenes from each year after they were completed.
- (comedy) To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
2015, Matt Fotis, Siobhan O'Hara, The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance, New York, NY: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 145:A good rule of thumb is to edit a scene before you think, "Gosh, somebody should edit this scene."
- (ergative) To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
2018, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook:The junior can offer to do the voxes, gaining experience and sparing the senior journalist the trouble. Always remember to think how the clips will edit together.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to change a text, or a document
- Afrikaans: wysig (af)
- Arabic: حَرَّرَ (ar) (ḥarrara), عَدَّلَ (ar) (ʕaddala)
- Armenian: խմբագրել (hy) (xmbagrel)
- Azerbaijani: redaktə etmək
- Basque: argitaratu
- Belarusian: рэдагава́ць impf (redahavácʹ)
- Breton: kemmañ (br)
- Bulgarian: редакти́рам (bg) impf (redaktíram)
- Burmese: တည် (my) (tany)
- Catalan: editar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 編輯/编辑 (zh) (biānjí)
- Czech: editovat impf
- Danish: redigere (da)
- Dutch: bewerken (nl), wijzigen (nl)
- Esperanto: ŝanĝi, modifi, adapti (eo), redakti
- Estonian: toimetama
- Finnish: muokata (fi), muuttaa (fi), editoida
- French: modifier (fr), corriger (fr), rediger (fr), éditer (fr), monter (fr)
- Galician: editar (gl)
- Georgian: რედაქციის გაკეტება (redakciis gaḳeṭeba), რედაქტირება (redakṭireba)
- German: bearbeiten (de), redigieren (de), editieren (de)
- Hebrew: ערך (he) (arákh)
- Hindi: संपादन करना (sampādan karnā)
- Hungarian: szerkeszt (hu)
- Ido: redaktar (io)
- Interlingua: editar
- Irish: cuir in eagar
- Italian: redigere (it), elaborare (it)
- Japanese: 編集する (へんしゅうする, henshū suru)
- Khmer: កែសំរួល (kae sɑmruəl), កែប្រែ (kae prae)
- Korean: 편집하다 (ko) (pyeonjiphada)
- Latin: corrigō
- Macedonian: уредува impf (ureduva)
- Malay: menyunting, mengedit
- Malayalam: തിരുത്തുക (ml) (tiruttuka)
- Marathi: संपादित करणे (sampādit karṇe)
- Mongolian: редакторлах (mn) (redaktorlax)
- Navajo: łahgo áshłééh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: redigere (no)
- Occitan: editar (oc)
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: ویرایش کردن (virâyeš kardan), ویراستن (fa) (virâstan)
- Polish: edytować (pl) impf, redagować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: editar (pt)
- Romanian: edita (ro), modifica (ro), schimba (ro)
- Russian: редакти́ровать (ru) impf (redaktírovatʹ), изменя́ть (ru) impf (izmenjátʹ), пра́вить (ru) impf (právitʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: уређивати impf, уредити pf
- Roman: uređivati (sh) impf, urediti (sh) pf
- Slovak: editovať impf, zmeniť pf
- Slovene: urejati (sl) impf, urediti pf
- Spanish: editar (es)
- Swedish: redigera (sv), bearbeta (sv), ändra (sv)
- Tajik: вироиш кардан (viroyiš kardan)
- Thai: แก้ไข (th) (gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi)
- Turkish: değiştirmek (tr) (literally “to change”)
- Ukrainian: редагува́ти (uk) impf (redahuváty), змі́нювати impf (zmínjuvaty)
- Uzbek: tahrir qilmoq
- Vietnamese: biên tập (vi) (編輯)
- Welsh: golygu (cy)
- Yiddish: רעדאַקטירן (redaktirn)
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be editor of a publication
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).
Verb
edit
- third-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive of edō
Verb
ēdit
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of edō
Etymology 2
Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).
Verb
ēdit
- third-person singular present active indicative of ēdō
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English edit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /edit/, /ɛdit/
- Rhymes: -dit, -it
- Hyphenation: é‧dit, è‧dit
Verb
edit (Jawi spelling ايديت, active mengedit, 3rd person passive diedit)
- to edit
- Synonym: sunting
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