Meaning

8 senses
  1. To change a text, or a document.

    Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.

    bearbeiten, redigieren, editieren

    редакти́роватьredaktírovatʹ, изменя́тьizmenjátʹ, пра́витьprávitʹ

    редагува́тиredahuváty, змі́нюватиzmínjuvaty

  2. To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.

    We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.

  3. (transitive)To be the editor of a publication.

    He edits the Chronicle.

    herausgeben

    supervise the publication of

  4. To change the contents of a file, website, etc.

    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

  5. To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.

  6. To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.

  7. To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.

  8. (ergative)To lend itself to editing in a certain way.

Examples

105 sentences
  1. He has some knowledge of editing.

    ruОн имел некоторые навыки редактирования. — las

  2. What's your favorite image editing software?

    deWas ist deine Lieblingsbildbearbeitungssoftware? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I haven't yet edited this video.

    deIch habe dieses Video noch nicht bearbeitet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. How often do you edit your profile?

    ruКак часто вы редактируете свой профиль? — Biga

    deWie oft bearbeitest du dein Profil? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom has edited a number of books.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to change a text, or a document:
Русский
By meaning 1
to change a text, or a document:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to change a text, or a document:
be editor of a publication:

Origin

Frenchinflu.

Frenchinflu.

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Forms

edits, editing, edited, edited
Base formedit · to edit
3rd person singularedits
Present participleediting
Past simpleedited
Past participleedited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyedit
he, she, itedits

Past simpleLesson

all personsedited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave edited
he, she, ithas edited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill edit

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
change a text, document:alterB2retouchfix up
alter a film:cutA1
alter a DNA sequence:splice
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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