editing

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɛdɪtɪŋ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɛdətɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The process of preparing written material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.; The process of selecting and arranging film or video footage into a finished sequence.; The process of modifying or altering audio recordings, such as music or podcasts.; In genetics, the process by which cells alter the nucleotide sequence of RNA after transcription.; The act of modifying or revising computer code or data.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: edits 3rd sing.: edits Past: edited Past part.: edited Pres part.: editing

Collocations

make an editedit outedit infinal editrough editedit a document

Derivatives

editoreditorialeditableeditioneditress

Synonyms

revisemodifyalteramendreworkredraft

Commonly confused

edition
EN: 'Edition' refers to a published version of a text, while 'edit' refers to the act or instance of making changes.
redact
EN: 'Redact' means to remove or obscure text (often for legal/security reasons), while 'edit' means to revise or improve content.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note that 'editing' has a single 't' doubled only because of the short vowel before it (edit → editing).

💬 Examples

  1. The manuscript still needs several rounds of editing before it can be published.

  2. The editing of the documentary took over three months to complete.

  3. The podcast editing involved removing long pauses and background noise.

  4. RNA editing can change the amino acid sequence of the resulting protein.

  5. The text editor supports syntax highlighting to make editing code easier.