Edit
verb
To change, correct, or improve a piece of writing or a video.
She edited the book before it was published.
Often appears as...
- edit a book
- edit a video
verb
To be in charge of the content in a newspaper, magazine, or website.
She has been editing the magazine for many years.
Often appears as...
- edit a magazine
- edit a website
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Professional
verb
To prepare film or tape for broadcasting.
They are editing the footage for the new documentary.
Often appears as...
- edit footage
- edit a film
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Technical
verb
To select or adapt material for broadcasting or publication.
All articles are extensively edited for length and clarity before publication.
Often appears as...
- edit for length
- edit for clarity
verb
To change, correct, or improve a piece of writing or a video.
She edited the book before it was published.
Often appears as...
- edit a book
- edit a video
verb
To be in charge of the content in a newspaper, magazine, or website.
She has been editing the magazine for many years.
Often appears as...
- edit a magazine
- edit a website
Usage tips
Professional
verb
To prepare film or tape for broadcasting.
They are editing the footage for the new documentary.
Often appears as...
- edit footage
- edit a film
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To select or adapt material for broadcasting or publication.
All articles are extensively edited for length and clarity before publication.
Often appears as...
- edit for length
- edit for clarity
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Pro Tip 1/3More Than Typos
Editing involves substantial changes, such as rewriting sentences for clarity or structure.
He edited his essay to improve its flow.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Editing is not just correctional—it often enhances the writer's original ideas.
She edited her story, adding vivid descriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Changes made during editing might reflect the editor's perspective or style preferences.
After Tom edited the article, it sounded more conversational.
Pro Tip 1/3More Than Typos
Editing involves substantial changes, such as rewriting sentences for clarity or structure.
He edited his essay to improve its flow.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Editing is not just correctional—it often enhances the writer's original ideas.
She edited her story, adding vivid descriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Changes made during editing might reflect the editor's perspective or style preferences.
After Tom edited the article, it sounded more conversational.
Pro Tip 1/3More Than Typos
Editing involves substantial changes, such as rewriting sentences for clarity or structure.
He edited his essay to improve its flow.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Editing is not just correctional—it often enhances the writer's original ideas.
She edited her story, adding vivid descriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Changes made during editing might reflect the editor's perspective or style preferences.
After Tom edited the article, it sounded more conversational.
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Why we love repetition...
or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers, and the repetitive versions had been assembled by brute force audio editing, people rated the repetitive versions as more enjoyable, more interesting
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Legends of Kingfishers,...
species in history it's not it's hilarious yeah so we made this film and i sat there editing him and the executive producer and i ended up just banging our heads against each other because i wanted to make a conservation film he wanted a wildlife film and in the end he said you can have five minutes of
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What is epigenetics? -...
heart disease, mental illness, addiction, and many other conditions. Meanwhile, new genome editing techniques are making it much easier to identify which epigenetic changes really matter for health and disease. Once we understand how our epigenome influences us, we might be able to influence it, too.
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How optical illusions...
You realized your brain had taken a short cut and missed something. But your brain wasn't really being lazy, it's just very busy. So it spends cognitive energy as efficiently as possible, using assumptions about visual information to create a tailored, edited vision of the world.
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Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
was a total creative decision in keeping with today's theme, and has nothing to do with my inability to use PowerPoint. So I edit this site for teenage girls. I'm a feminist. I am kind of a pop culture nerd, and I think a lot about what makes a strong female character,
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Could we survive...
which we can currently use to correct genetic diseases. Gene editing technology, which is improving rapidly, allows scientists to directly change the human genome to stop undesirable processes or make helpful substances. An example of an unwanted process
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Expanding your mind with...
play a bit of the sexiness of ideas right well yeah because I think that that the aesthetics matter music music matters editing matters presentation is very important because you need to induce that sort of aesthetic arrest you
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The controversial...
and even hid Diderot's papers at his dad's house. Still, he faced years of difficulty. D'Alembert dropped out. Rousseau broke off his friendship over a line in a play. Worse yet, his publisher secretly edited some proofs
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David Attenborough On...
but we'll show you the truth I only saw it when the film's will find the edited and came back and they didn't tell me what was going to happen and I I was on the edge of my seat too because in a
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Plato’s best (and worst)...
and have accepted some while rejecting others. We are continuing to refine, amend, and edit his ideas which have become foundations of the modern world.
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers, and the repetitive versions had been assembled by brute force audio editing, people rated the repetitive versions as more enjoyable, more interesting
Video examples
Legends of Kingfishers,...
species in history it's not it's hilarious yeah so we made this film and i sat there editing him and the executive producer and i ended up just banging our heads against each other because i wanted to make a conservation film he wanted a wildlife film and in the end he said you can have five minutes of
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
heart disease, mental illness, addiction, and many other conditions. Meanwhile, new genome editing techniques are making it much easier to identify which epigenetic changes really matter for health and disease. Once we understand how our epigenome influences us, we might be able to influence it, too.
Video examples
How optical illusions...
You realized your brain had taken a short cut and missed something. But your brain wasn't really being lazy, it's just very busy. So it spends cognitive energy as efficiently as possible, using assumptions about visual information to create a tailored, edited vision of the world.
Video examples
Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
was a total creative decision in keeping with today's theme, and has nothing to do with my inability to use PowerPoint. So I edit this site for teenage girls. I'm a feminist. I am kind of a pop culture nerd, and I think a lot about what makes a strong female character,
Video examples
Could we survive...
which we can currently use to correct genetic diseases. Gene editing technology, which is improving rapidly, allows scientists to directly change the human genome to stop undesirable processes or make helpful substances. An example of an unwanted process
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
play a bit of the sexiness of ideas right well yeah because I think that that the aesthetics matter music music matters editing matters presentation is very important because you need to induce that sort of aesthetic arrest you
Video examples
The controversial...
and even hid Diderot's papers at his dad's house. Still, he faced years of difficulty. D'Alembert dropped out. Rousseau broke off his friendship over a line in a play. Worse yet, his publisher secretly edited some proofs
Video examples
David Attenborough On...
but we'll show you the truth I only saw it when the film's will find the edited and came back and they didn't tell me what was going to happen and I I was on the edge of my seat too because in a
Video examples
Plato’s best (and worst)...
and have accepted some while rejecting others. We are continuing to refine, amend, and edit his ideas which have become foundations of the modern world.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.
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Eartha Kitt
American Actress
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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Florence Pugh
English Actress
I think it's good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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Andre Leon Talley
American Editor
People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
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Eddie Kaye Thomas
American Actor
Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.
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Kendall Jenner
American Celebrity
Instagram is my edit of my life.
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Mort Sahl
Canadian Comedian
My life needs editing.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.
Quote examples
Eartha Kitt
American Actress
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
Quote examples
Florence Pugh
English Actress
I think it's good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
Quote examples
Andre Leon Talley
American Editor
People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
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Eddie Kaye Thomas
American Actor
Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.
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Kendall Jenner
American Celebrity
Instagram is my edit of my life.
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Mort Sahl
Canadian Comedian
My life needs editing.
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