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edit verb
/ˈed.ɪt/ v [T] Definition
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to prepare a text or film for printing or viewing by correcting mistakes and deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, etcJanet edited books for a variety of publishers.
The film's 129 minutes were edited down from 150 hours of footage.
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to be in charge of the reports in a newspaper or magazine, etcHe edits a national newspaper.
editing noun
/ˈed.ɪ.tɪŋ/
/-t ̬ɪŋ/ n [U] Doing the filming for the documentary took two months, but editing took another four.
(Definition of edit verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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