noun
Meaning 1
A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
editor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɛd.ɪ.təɹ/
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Canada, General-American, formal: [ˈɛɾ.ɪ.tɚ]
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɛɾ.ɪ.ɾɚ] lax
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noun
Meaning 2
A copy editor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who edited a specific document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
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noun
Meaning 4
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
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noun
Meaning 5
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
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noun
Meaning 7
Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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noun
Meaning 8
(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: editor program
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: application, application program, applications programme
Narrower terms: linkage editor, text editor
noun
Meaning 9
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: editor in chief
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: anthologist, art editor, copy editor, copyreader, text editor, subeditor, expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser, managing editor, newspaper editor, redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man, Bowdler, Thomas Bowdler, Cattell, James McKeen Cattell, Howe, Irving Howe
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).
Across languages
Translations
292 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir) — person who edits
- Armenian: խմբագիր (xmbagir) — person who edits
- Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir) — person who edits
- Belarusian: рэда́ктар (redáktar) — person who edits
- Belarusian: рэда́ктарка (redáktarka) — person who edits
- Bulgarian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — person who edits
- Bulgarian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — person who edits
- Catalan: editor — person who edits
- Catalan: editora — person who edits
- Chinese Mandarin: 編輯 /编辑 (biānjí) — person who edits
- Czech: redaktor — person who edits
- Czech: redaktorka — person who edits
- Dutch: redacteur — person who edits
- Esperanto: redaktoro — person who edits
- Esperanto: redaktisto — person who edits
- Finnish: muokkaaja — person who edits
- French: rédacteur — person who edits
- Galician: editor — person who edits
- Georgian: რედაქტორი (redakṭori) — person who edits
- German: Herausgeber — person who edits
- German: Editor — person who edits
- German: Redakteur — person who edits
- German: Schriftleiter — person who edits
- German: Redaktor — person who edits
- Greek: συντάκτης (syntáktis) — person who edits
- Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְ (orékh) — person who edits
- Hungarian: szerkesztő — person who edits
- Ido: redaktanto — person who edits
- Ido: redaktero — person who edits
- Ido: redaktisto — person who edits
- Indonesian: editor — person who edits
- Indonesian: pengedit — person who edits
- Indonesian: penyunting — person who edits
- Irish: eagarthóir — person who edits
- Italian: redattore — person who edits
- Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha) — person who edits
- Kazakh: редактор (redaktor) — person who edits
- Korean: 편집인 (pyeonjibin) — person who edits
- Korean: 편자 (pyeonja) — person who edits
- Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor) — person who edits
- Latin: editor — person who edits
- Macedonian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — person who edits
- Macedonian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — person who edits
- Malay: penyunting — person who edits
- Malay: editor — person who edits
- Malay: pengedit — person who edits
- Māori: ētita — person who edits
- Māori: kaiētita — person who edits
- Māori: kaitakatā — person who edits
- Māori: ringa takatā — person who edits
- Marathi: संपादक (sampādak) — person who edits
- Marathi: संपादिका (sampādikā) — person who edits
- Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādak) — person who edits
- Norwegian Bokmål: redaktør — person who edits
- Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar) — person who edits
- Iranian Persian: ویراسْتار (virâstâr) — person who edits
- Polish: redaktor — person who edits
- Polish: redaktorka — person who edits
- Polish: edytor — person who edits
- Polish: edytorka — person who edits
- Portuguese: editor — person who edits
- Portuguese: editora — person who edits
- Romanian: editor — person who edits
- Romanian: editoare — person who edits
- Romanian: redactor — person who edits
- Romanian: redactoare — person who edits
- Russian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — person who edits
- Russian: редакторка (redaktorka) — person who edits
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh — person who edits
- Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche — person who edits
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀реднӣк — person who edits
- Serbo-Croatian: рѐдактор — person who edits
- Serbo-Croatian: ùrednīk — person who edits
- Serbo-Croatian: rèdaktor — person who edits
- Slovene: urednik — person who edits
- Slovene: urednica — person who edits
- Spanish: editor — person who edits
- Spanish: editora — person who edits
- Swahili: mhariri — person who edits
- Swedish: redaktör — person who edits
- Swedish: redaktris — person who edits
- Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir) — person who edits
- Tigrinya: ኣርታዒ (ʾartaʿi) — person who edits
- Turkish: muharrir — person who edits
- Ukrainian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — person who edits
- Ukrainian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — person who edits
- Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָר (redaktor) — person who edits
- Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָרין (redaktorin) — person who edits
- Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָרשע (redaktorshe) — person who edits
- Arabic: مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir) — person who edited a specific document
- Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir) — person who edited a specific document
- Finnish: editoija — person who edited a specific document
- French: lecteur-correcteur — person who edited a specific document
- French: correcteur — person who edited a specific document
- French: réviseur — person who edited a specific document
- Greek: επιμελητής (epimelitís) — person who edited a specific document
- Irish: eagarthóir — person who edited a specific document
- Italian: curatore — person who edited a specific document
- Malay: penyunting — person who edited a specific document
- Malay: editor — person who edited a specific document
- Malay: pengedit — person who edited a specific document
- Marathi: संपादक (sampādak) — person who edited a specific document
- Marathi: संपादिका (sampādikā) — person who edited a specific document
- Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar) — person who edited a specific document
- Polish: edytor — person who edited a specific document
- Polish: edytorka — person who edited a specific document
- Portuguese: editor — person who edited a specific document
- Romanian: editor — person who edited a specific document
- Romanian: editoare — person who edited a specific document
- Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche — person who edited a specific document
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh — person who edited a specific document
- Swahili: mhariri — person who edited a specific document
- Albanian: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Arabic: مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir) — newspaper editor
- Arabic: مُحَرِّرَة (muḥarrira) — newspaper editor
- Armenian: խմբագիր (xmbagir) — newspaper editor
- Azerbaijani: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir) — newspaper editor
- Belarusian: рэда́ктар (redáktar) — newspaper editor
- Belarusian: рэда́ктарка (redáktarka) — newspaper editor
- Bengali: সম্পাদক (śompadok) — newspaper editor
- Breton: embanner — newspaper editor
- Bulgarian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — newspaper editor
- Bulgarian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — newspaper editor
- Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (aidita) — newspaper editor
- Chinese Mandarin: 編輯 /编辑 (biānjí) — newspaper editor
- Czech: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Czech: redaktorka — newspaper editor
- Danish: redaktør — newspaper editor
- Dutch: redacteur — newspaper editor
- Dutch: krantenredacteur — newspaper editor
- Estonian: toimetaja — newspaper editor
- Finnish: toimittaja — newspaper editor
- Finnish: päätoimittaja — newspaper editor
- French: éditeur — newspaper editor
- French: éditrice — newspaper editor
- Georgian: რედაქტორი (redakṭori) — newspaper editor
- German: Redakteur — newspaper editor
- German: Redakteurin — newspaper editor
- Greek: συντάκτης (syntáktis) — newspaper editor
- Hindi: संपादक (sampādak) — newspaper editor
- Hindi: एडिटर (eḍiṭar) — newspaper editor
- Hungarian: szerkesztő — newspaper editor
- Icelandic: ritstjóri — newspaper editor
- Indonesian: editor — newspaper editor
- Indonesian: penyunting — newspaper editor
- Irish: eagarthóir — newspaper editor
- Italian: curatore — newspaper editor
- Italian: curatrice — newspaper editor
- Italian: redattore — newspaper editor
- Italian: redattrice — newspaper editor
- Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha) — newspaper editor
- Kazakh: редактор (redaktor) — newspaper editor
- Khmer: បណ្ណាធិការ (pannaathikaa) — newspaper editor
- Korean: 편집자 (pyeonjipja) — newspaper editor
- Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor) — newspaper editor
- Lao: ບັນນາທິການ (ban nā thi kān) — newspaper editor
- Latvian: redaktors — newspaper editor
- Lithuanian: redaktorius — newspaper editor
- Macedonian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — newspaper editor
- Macedonian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — newspaper editor
- Malay: penyunting — newspaper editor
- Malay: editor — newspaper editor
- Malay: pengedit — newspaper editor
- Marathi: संपादक (sampādak) — newspaper editor
- Marathi: संपादिका (sampādikā) — newspaper editor
- Norwegian Bokmål: redaktør — newspaper editor
- Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar) — newspaper editor
- Polish: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Polish: redaktorka — newspaper editor
- Portuguese: jornalista — newspaper editor
- Romanian: editor — newspaper editor
- Romanian: redactor — newspaper editor
- Russian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — newspaper editor
- Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche — newspaper editor
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh — newspaper editor
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀реднӣк — newspaper editor
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀редница — newspaper editor
- Serbo-Croatian: ùrednīk — newspaper editor
- Serbo-Croatian: ùrednica — newspaper editor
- Slovak: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Slovak: redaktorka — newspaper editor
- Slovene: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Slovene: redaktorica — newspaper editor
- Slovene: urednik — newspaper editor
- Slovene: urednica — newspaper editor
- Spanish: director — newspaper editor
- Spanish: directora — newspaper editor
- Spanish: redactor — newspaper editor
- Spanish: redactora — newspaper editor
- Swahili: mhariri — newspaper editor
- Swedish: redaktör — newspaper editor
- Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir) — newspaper editor
- Thai: บรรณาธิการ (ban-naa-tí-gaan) — newspaper editor
- Turkish: editör — newspaper editor
- Turkmen: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Ukrainian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — newspaper editor
- Ukrainian: реда́кторка (redáktorka) — newspaper editor
- Uzbek: muharrir — newspaper editor
- Uzbek: redaktor — newspaper editor
- Vietnamese: biên tập viên — newspaper editor
- Finnish: filmileikkuri — machine for editing film
- French: monteuse — machine for editing film
- Indonesian: editor — machine for editing film
- Italian: giuntatrice — machine for editing film
- Malay: penyunting — machine for editing film
- Malay: editor — machine for editing film
- Malay: pengedit — machine for editing film
- Iranian Persian: تَدْوینْگَر (tadvingar) — machine for editing film
- Romanian: monteză — machine for editing film
- Romanian: montator — machine for editing film
- Spanish: montador — machine for editing film
- Spanish: montadora — machine for editing film
- Swahili: mhariri — machine for editing film
- Arabic: مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir) — program for modifying text files
- Belarusian: рэда́ктар (redáktar) — program for modifying text files
- Bengali: সম্পাদক (śompadok) — program for modifying text files
- Bulgarian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — program for modifying text files
- Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (aidita) — program for modifying text files
- Chinese Mandarin: 編輯器 /编辑器 (biānjíqì) — program for modifying text files
- Czech: editor — program for modifying text files
- Danish: editor — program for modifying text files
- Dutch: editor — program for modifying text files
- Dutch: tekstverwerker — program for modifying text files
- Estonian: redaktor — program for modifying text files
- Finnish: editori — program for modifying text files
- French: éditeur — program for modifying text files
- German: Editor — program for modifying text files
- German: Texteditor — program for modifying text files
- Hindi: संपादक (sampādak) — program for modifying text files
- Hindi: एडिटर (eḍiṭar) — program for modifying text files
- Icelandic: ritill — program for modifying text files
- Icelandic: textaritill — program for modifying text files
- Indonesian: editor — program for modifying text files
- Irish: eagarthóir — program for modifying text files
- Italian: editore — program for modifying text files
- Japanese: エディタ (edita) — program for modifying text files
- Japanese: 編集機 (henshūki) — program for modifying text files
- Kazakh: редактор (redaktor) — program for modifying text files
- Korean: 편집기 (pyeonjipgi) — program for modifying text files
- Korean: 에디터 (editeo) — program for modifying text files
- Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor) — program for modifying text files
- Latvian: redaktors — program for modifying text files
- Lithuanian: rengyklė — program for modifying text files
- Macedonian: уредувач (ureduvač) — program for modifying text files
- Malay: penyunting — program for modifying text files
- Malay: editor — program for modifying text files
- Malay: pengedit — program for modifying text files
- Māori: pūwhakatika — program for modifying text files
- Norwegian Bokmål: editor — program for modifying text files
- Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar) — program for modifying text files
- Polish: edytor — program for modifying text files
- Polish: edytor tekstu — program for modifying text files
- Portuguese: editor — program for modifying text files
- Romanian: editor — program for modifying text files
- Russian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — program for modifying text files
- Serbo-Croatian: уређѝва̄ч — program for modifying text files
- Serbo-Croatian: uređìvāč — program for modifying text files
- Slovak: editor — program for modifying text files
- Spanish: editor — program for modifying text files
- Swahili: mhariri — program for modifying text files
- Swedish: redigerare — program for modifying text files
- Swedish: texteditor — program for modifying text files
- Swedish: editor — program for modifying text files
- Tigrinya: ዓራያይ (ʿarayay) — program for modifying text files
- Ukrainian: реда́ктор (redáktor) — program for modifying text files
- Bulgarian: монтажи́ст (montažíst) — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Czech: střihač — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Esperanto: muntisto — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Finnish: leikkaaja — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Finnish: editoija — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- French: monteur — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- French: monteuse — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Indonesian: editor — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Indonesian: pengedit — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Indonesian: penyunting — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Irish: eagarthóir — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Italian: montatore — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Malay: penyunting — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Malay: editor — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Malay: pengedit — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Iranian Persian: تَدْوینْگَر (tadvingar) — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Polish: montażysta — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Polish: montażystka — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Romanian: montor — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Romanian: montoare — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Russian: монтажёр (montažór) — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Spanish: montador — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Spanish: montadora — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Swahili: mhariri — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Turkish: editör — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
- Vietnamese: biên tập viên — someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
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