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ed·i·tor

(ĕd′ĭ-tər)

1. One who edits, especially as an occupation.

2. One who writes editorials.

3. A device for editing film, consisting basically of a splicer and viewer.

4. Computers A program used to edit text or data files.

[Late Latin ēditor, publisher, from Latin ēditus, past participle of ēdere, to publish; see edit.]

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editor

(ˈɛdɪtə)

1. (Journalism & Publishing) a person who edits written material for publication

2. (Professions) a person in overall charge of the editing and often the policy of a newspaper or periodical

3. (Journalism & Publishing) a person in charge of one section of a newspaper or periodical: the sports editor.

4. (Film) films

a. a person who makes a selection and arrangement of individual shots in order to construct the flowing sequence of images for a film

b. a device for editing film, including a viewer and a splicer

5. (Broadcasting) television radio a person in overall control of a programme that consists of various items, such as a news or magazine style programme

6. (Computer Science) a computer program that facilitates the deletion or insertion of data within information already stored in a computer

[C17: from Late Latin: producer, exhibitor, from ēdere to give out, publish, from ē- out + dāre to give]

ˈeditorˌship n

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ed•i•tor

(ˈɛd ɪ tər)

n.

1. a person responsible for the editorial part of a publishing firm or a publication.

2. the supervisor of a department of a newspaper, magazine, etc.: the sports editor.

3. a person who edits material for publication, films, etc.

4. a device for editing film or magnetic tape.

5. text editor.

[1640–50; < Medieval Latin, Late Latin: publisher]

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Noun	1.	editor - a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) editor in chief anthologist - an editor who makes selections for an anthology art editor - an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter copy editor, copyreader, text editor - an editor who prepares text for publication subeditor - an assistant editor bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator - a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator" managing editor - the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	2.	editor - (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data editor program computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures application program, applications programme, application - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" linkage editor - an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules text editor - (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

editor

noun compiler, writer, journalist, reviser the editor of a women's magazine

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Translations

مُحَرِّر مُحَرِّرمُحَقِّق ، مُحَرِّر

redaktorstřihačeditor

redaktør

Herausgeber Redakteur Editor

επιμελητής έκδοσης

editor redactor director

editoritoimittaja

éditeur monteur rédacteur

urednik

szerkesztő

ritstjóriritstjóri; útgáfustjóri

redattore curatore direttore editore editore di testi

編集者

편집자

redacteur tekstverwerker editorkrantenredacteur

redaktør utgivereditorfilmklipper

edytor

editor

редактор

redaktor

urednik

redaktör

บรรณาธิการ

editör yayıncıyazı işleri müdürü

biên tập viên

编辑

editor

[ˈedɪtəʳ] N [of newspaper, magazine] → director(a) m/f; (= publisher's editor) → redactor(a) m/f (Cine, TV) → montador(a) m/f, editor(a) m/f (Rad) → editor(a) m/f
editor's note → nota f de la redacción
the sports editor → el/la redactor(a) de la sección de deportes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

editor

[ˈɛdɪtə^r] n

(= journalist) → rédacteur/trice m/f
literary editor → rédacteur/trice m/f littéraire
economics editor → rédacteur/trice m/f en économie politique

(= director of newspaper) → rédacteur/trice m/f en chef

[anthology, edition] → éditeur/trice m/f; [text] → éditeur/trice m/f

(also film editor) → monteur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

editor

n (of text, newspaper, magazine, series, author) → Herausgeber(in) m(f); (publisher’s) → (Verlags)lektor(in) m(f); (Film) → Cutter(in) m(f); (Comput) → Editor m; political editor → politischer Redakteur m, → politische Redakteurin f; sports editor → Sportredakteur(in) m(f); editor in chief → Herausgeber(in) m(f); (of newspaper) → Chefredakteur(in) m(f); the editors in our educational department → die Redaktion unserer Schulbuchabteilung; the editor of this passage obviously misunderstood → der, der diese Stelle redigierte, hat offensichtlich nicht richtig verstanden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

editor

[ˈɛdɪtəʳ] n (of newspaper, magazine, managing director) → direttore/trice; (editorial director) → redattore/trice capo; (of section of newspaper, magazine) → redattore/trice; (publisher's editor, of series) → editore/trice; (of text) → redattore/trice; (of author's work) → curatore/trice; (film editor) → responsabile m/f del montaggio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

edit

(ˈedit) verb

to prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, programme, film etc) for publication, or for broadcasting etc, especially by correcting, altering, shortening etc.

edition (iˈdiʃn) noun

a number of copies of a book etc printed at a time, or the form in which they are produced. the third edition of the book; a paperback edition; the evening edition of the newspaper.

ˈeditor noun

1. a person who edits books etc. a dictionary editor.

2. a person who is in charge of (part of) a newspaper, journal etc. The editor of The Times; She has been appointed fashion editor.

ˌediˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective

of or belonging to editors. editorial work/staff.

noun

the leading article in a newspaper.

editor

→ مُحَرِّر redaktor redaktør Herausgeber επιμελητής έκδοσης director, editor toimittaja éditeur urednik redattore 編集者 편집자 redacteur redaktør edytor editor редактор redaktör บรรณาธิการ editör biên tập viên 编辑

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The name was thought by the friendly editor of the popular publication where they were serialized a main part of such inspiration as they might be conjectured to have, and was, as seldom happens with editor and author, cordially agreed upon before they were begun.

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THE Director of an Observatory, who, with a thirty-six-inch refractor, had discovered the moon, hastened to an Editor, with a four-column account of the event.

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`It seems a pity to let the dinner spoil,' said the Editor of a well-known daily paper; and thereupon the Doctor rang the bell.

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And she wanted to know by return of post whether I was paid for these articles as much as I was paid for real articles; when she heard that I was paid better, she laughed again and had them out of the bandbox for re-reading, and it cannot be denied that she thought the London editor a fine fellow but slightly soft.

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He received a note from the city editor which read as follows: "Go and pass the night alone in the haunted house in Vine street and if anything occurs worth while make two columns." Saylor obeyed his superior; he could not afford to lose his position on the paper.

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"Bev wants to be editor," she said, "and I don't see how he can, with no experience.

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A RICH Man wanted to tell a certain lie, but the lie was of such monstrous size that it stuck in his throat; so he employed an Editor to write it out and publish it in his paper as an editorial.

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I suppose the editor is prejudiced against any one who isn't a Yankee.

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And the floor creaked, and the ceiling was all made of glass mirrors, so that he saw himself standing on his head, and by each window were standing three reporters and an editor; and each of them was writing down what was said, to publish it in the paper that came out and was sold at the street corners for a penny.

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MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY An admirable statement of the aims of the Library of Philosophy was provided by the first editor, the late Professor J.

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The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor. But he did not feel so kindly toward the editor of the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER.

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Moreover he had received at breakfast a letter from the editor of a monthly magazine accepting a short story.