- edit⇄edit, verb, noun.
- edit⇄expr. edit down, to shorten by or as if by editing.
Ex. The last 20 minutes [of a motion picture] could have been edited down (Washington Times). - edit⇄expr. edit out, to delete while editing.
Ex. All references to the United States were ... edited out of the tape (Atlantic). - edit⇄noun (Informal.)1. editing; editorial work.
Ex. Strick tosses in so many starts of parades and tourist views that at times the movie feels like a travelogue ... luckily, the fast edit keeps the action from sagging (New Yorker).
2. editorial - edit⇄v.t. 1. to prepare (another person's writings) for publication or presentation by correcting errors, checking facts, and the like; prepare an edition of.
Ex. The teacher is editing famous speeches for use in schoolbooks. Scholars often edit Shakesp