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ed|it1 [ `edıt ] verb transitive **

1. ) to make a book or document ready to be published by correcting the mistakes and making other changes:

Her original text has been heavily edited.

a ) to make changes to a computer FILE on screen:

The program enables you to copy and edit files in the usual way.

b ) to make changes to a movie, or to a television or radio program before it is shown or broadcast:

The segment, once edited, ran 12 minutes.

c ) to make changes to a piece of film or a video, taking out the parts that you do not want

2. ) to be the EDITOR in charge of a newspaper or magazine:

She edits a prestigious medical journal.

a ) to produce a book by choosing, arranging, and explaining things that other people have written:

the collection of essays edited by Frank Palmer

He edited the letters of Matthew Arnold.

,edit `out phrasal verb transitive

to remove parts of a movie, television, or radio program that are not wanted before it is shown or broadcast

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ed|it 2 [ `edıt ] noun

1. ) count the process of editing something such as a book, document, or movie:

The text is very messy and needs a close edit.

2. ) uncount a menu in some computer programs that allows you to cut, copy, or move parts of a document or file, or look for particular words in it