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editor
[ ed-i-ter ]
noun
- a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
She was offered a managing editor position at a small press.
- the supervisor or manager of a department of a newspaper, magazine, etc.:
the sports editor of a newspaper.
- a person who edits, or selects and revises, material for publications, films, etc.:
a video editor;
the editor of an online journal.
- a device for viewing, cutting, and editing film or magnetic tape to make movies, audio recordings, etc.
- Computers. a program used for writing and revising code, data, or text:
an XML editor.
editor
/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
- a person who edits written material for publication
- a person in overall charge of the editing and often the policy of a newspaper or periodical
- a person in charge of one section of a newspaper or periodical
the sports editor
- films
- a person who makes a selection and arrangement of individual shots in order to construct the flowing sequence of images for a film
- a device for editing film, including a viewer and a splicer
- television radio a person in overall control of a programme that consists of various items, such as a news or magazine style programme
- a computer program that facilitates the deletion or insertion of data within information already stored in a computer
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱ٴǰˌ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of editor1
Example Sentences
Elsewhere, Black Panther star Letitia Wright will appear in The Story, a new play by US writer Tracey Scott Wilson about an ambitious black journalist who defies her editor to pursue an incendiary lead.
I still feel a little insecure about my grammar and s**t like that, but my agents and my editor just say, “Don’t worry, we can always work on that. Just be who you are.”
The artwork was originally bought by Mr Wallace, the Manchester Guardian's literary editor, who used it to mark Manchester Civic Week, celebrating the city's industrial success.
Well-known presenters, for example, can wield extraordinary influence, as well as behind-the-scenes editors and managers.
Executive editor Tanya Simon, who is running the program on an interim basis, is the daughter of the late Bob Simon, a well-known correspondent for the program.
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