Editor

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛd.ɪ.tÉ™(ɹ)/

Alternative forms

• ed., edit. abbreviations
• Ed. titular abbreviation
• editour obsolete, rare

Origin

From Ä“ditor, from Late Latin Ä“ditor

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, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō ("to give out, put forth, publish").

Full definition of editor

Noun

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.
• John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
4. A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
• John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
6. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
• The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms

• copy editor
• flatbed editor
• editorial
• editorializing
• preditor‎
• editor-in-chief
• edit

Anagrams

• dotier
• rioted
• tie rod
• triode