edit

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to make changes to a text or film, deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:

Janet edited books for a variety of publishers.

be edited down The movie's 129 minutes were edited down from 150 hours of footage.

to be in charge of the reports in a newspaper or magazine, etc.:

He edits a national newspaper.

an act of making changes to a text or film, deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:

The article needed a thorough edit before it could be published.

a range of clothes or other goods that has been chosen for a particular purpose, or to be worn or used at a particular time:

Check out the delightful dresses in our new summer edit.

to prepare text or film for printing or viewing by correcting mistakes, deciding what will be removed, etc., or to be in charge of what is reported in a newspaper, magazine, etc.:

He edits the local newspaper.

If you edit something out, you remove it before it is broadcast or printed:

[ M ] Some of the best jazz performances were recorded in the 1930s, before musicians had the luxury of editing out mistakes.

to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:

We may edit your letters for length or clarity.

When you edit video on a PC, the software allows you to trim scenes by a fraction of a second if you wish.

A wiki is a web page that can be edited by any reader.

to be in charge of a newspaper, magazine, etc. and decide what will be published in it:

She was the first woman to edit a national newspaper.