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edit
Transitive VerbNoun
pl: editspast: editedpp: editeding: editing

Meanings

Transitive Verbedit
[~ something]

To prepare written, visual, or audio material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying the content.

The editor spent three hours trying to edit the final chapter of the novel.

Transitive Verbedit
[~ something]

To remove or change parts of a video or audio recording to improve the flow or remove errors.

Examples

I can edit the text.

Did you edit the file?

School Life

I need to edit this clip for the anime.

Anime
Detective

Historians often edit ancient texts to clarify meaning.

History

Phrasal Verbs

edit out

to remove a specific part of a text, audio, or video recording

edit together

to combine multiple pieces of footage or audio into a single cohesive work

edit down

to shorten a piece of writing or a recording by removing unnecessary parts

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