editor
nounUK /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/ · CA, US /ˈɛd.ɪ.təɹ/
Etymology From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).
7 senses
- 1A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- 2A copy editor.
- 3A person who edited a specific document.
- 4A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar…
- 5A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- 6A program for creating and making changes to files…
- 7Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it…
A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- Eight days after Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate, the Criticism section on Walz’s Wikipedia article was removed in its entirety. (The removal was made by an editor with administrator status who is in the top 100 list of editors by number of edits.)2024 August 29, Ashley Rindsberg, “How Wikipedia Launders Regime Propaganda”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2024:
A copy editor.
A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
Broadcasting, Cinematography, Film, Media, Television Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
- Derived terms
42 terms
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