edit
/ˈɛdɪt/ verb B2- To change a text, or a document. · Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.
- To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. · We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.
- To be the editor of a publication. · He edits the Chronicle.
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc. · Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
- To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
- To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.
- To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
- To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
He/she/it edits · Past edited · Past participle edited · -ing form editing
Verb forms
- Base form
- edit
- He/she/it
- edits
- Past
- edited
- Past participle
- edited
- -ing form
- editing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
He said he would contact them again this week and asked whether anyone could help him edit the images.
Other matches
Learn edit in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.