edited

3 definitions • 3 examples

past simple and past participle of

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.