edit B2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ˈɛdɪt/ UK /ˈɛdɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #11942 Meanings 1 verb To change or correct a piece of writing to improve it. Your essay is too long; you need to edit it. 2 verb To cut and put together film, video, or sound into a finished piece. It took her weeks to edit the documentary. 3 verb To remove parts of a text, film, or recording. The director told us to edit out the slowest scenes. 4 noun A change made to a text, file, or piece of media. He made a few small edits before printing the report. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to change or correct a... alterfix upretouch 2 verb · to cut and put together... cut 3 verb · to remove parts of a text,... deleteblue-pencil Word family Forms editededitingedits Derived forms coediteditabilityeditableeditathoneditioneditlesseditomeeditoreditorialeditosomehex-editmisedit Etymology AI details Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus. *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # edit **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɛdɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛdɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 11942 ## Meanings 1. To change or correct a piece of writing to improve it. 2. To cut and put together film, video, or sound into a finished piece. 3. To remove parts of a text, film, or recording. 4. A change made to a text, file, or piece of media. ## Examples - Your essay is too long; you need to edit it. - It took her weeks to edit the documentary. - The director told us to edit out the slowest scenes. - He made a few small edits before printing the report. ## Synonyms - cut ## Derived Forms - coedit - editability - editable - editathon - edition - editless - editome - editor - editorial - editosome - hex-edit - misedit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *deh₃- ## Etymology Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus. ## AI Etymology Edit is a back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus. In current use, the main senses are “To change or correct a piece of writing to improve it” and “To cut and put together film, video, or sound into a finished piece”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown