editing

ed·it  (dt)

tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its

1.

a. To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.

b. To prepare an edition of for publication: edit a collection of short stories.

c. To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable: edited her remarks for presentation to a younger audience.

2. To supervise the publication of (a newspaper or magazine, for example).

3. To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing.

4. To eliminate; delete: edited the best scene out.

n.

An act or instance of editing: made several last-minute edits for reasons of space.

Phrasal Verbs:

edit in

To insert during the course of editing: An additional scene was edited in before the show was aired.

edit out

To delete during the course of editing: A controversial scene was edited out of the film.

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[Partly back-formation from editor and partly from French éditer, to publish (from Latin ditus, past participle of dere : -, ex-, ex- + dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots).]

Word History: The word edit is often cited as an example of back-formation. In other words, edit is not the source of editor, as dive is of diver, the expected derivational pattern; rather, the reverse is the case. Edit in the sense "to prepare for publication," first recorded in 1793, comes from editor, first recorded in 1712 in the sense "one who edits." There is more to the story, however. Edit also comes partly from the French word éditer, "to publish, edit," first recorded in 1784. In the case of edit, two processes, borrowing and back-formation, occurred either independently or together, perhaps one person originally taking edit from French, another from editor, and yet a third from both.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

editing - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form redaction piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value copy editing - putting something into a form suitable for a printer excision, deletion, cut - the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" correction - something substituted for an error revising, rewriting - editing that involves writing something again

Translations

editing [ˈedɪtɪŋ] N (= management) [of magazine] → redacción f; [of newspaper, dictionary] → dirección f; (= preparation for printing) [of article, series of texts, tape] → edición f; [of film] → montaje m, edición f; [of video] → edición f (Comput) → edición f

editing [ˈɛdɪtɪŋ]

n

[one's own article, manuscript] → préparation f; [text written by sb else] → édition f

[film, programme] → montage m

modif (COMPUTING) [package, software, tools] → d'édition
editing room n (CINEMA, TV) → salle f de montage

editing

n (of series, author, newspaper, magazine) → Herausgabe f, → Edieren nt; (of newspaper story, book, text) → Redaktion f, → Bearbeitung f; (of film, tape) → Schnitt m; (Comput) → Editieren nt