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ed·i·tor

(ĕd′ĭ-tər)
n.
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)
n
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.
[1640–50; < Medieval Latin, Late Latin: publisher]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:editor - a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication]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)
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
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
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editor

noun compiler, writer, journalist, reviser the editor of a women's magazine
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Translations
مُحَرِّر مُحَرِّر مُحَقِّق ، مُحَرِّر
redaktorstřihačeditor
redaktør
editoritoimittaja
urednik
szerkesztő
ritstjóriritstjóri; útgáfustjóri
編集者
편집자
redaktor
urednik
redaktör
บรรณาธิการ
editör yayıncı yazı işleri müdürü
biên tập viên

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

[ˈɛdɪtər] 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
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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
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edit

(ˈedit) verb
to prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, programme, film etc) for publication, or for broadcasting etc, especially by correcting, altering, shortening etc. redigeer يُحَرِّرُ редактирам editar připravit k vydání herausgeben redigere επιμελούμαι preparar, editar toimetama ویرایش کردن؛ برای چاپ آماده کردن muokata préparer, mettre au point לַעֲרוֹך संपादन करना uređivati sajtó alá rendez, szerkeszt menyunting búa til útgáfu; klippa; ritstÿra curare l'edizione di 編集する 편집하다, 교정하다 redaguoti rediģēt sunting uitgeven, monteren redigere redagować نشرته چمتو كول (لكه دورځپاڼې): بدلون ورکول preparar a edição de редактировать; монтировать pripraviť na vydanie urejati uređivati redigera, vara redaktör för เรียบเรียงแก้ไข yayına hazırlamak 編輯 редагувати, готувати до друку اشاعت کے لۓ تیار کرنا biên tập 编辑
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. uitgawe, oplaag طَبْعَه редакция edição vydání die Auflage, die Ausgabe udgave; -udgave; version έκδοση edición väljaanne چاپ؛ نشر painos édition מהדורה संस्करण izdanje kiadás (könyvé) edisi útgáfa edizione 版 (간행물의) 판(版) leidimas, laida izdevums; tirāža; metiens edisi editie utgave, opplag wydanie او قطع، شمير (لكه دكتابو، خپرونو) عمو مى ګڼه edição ediţie издание; выпуск vydanie izdaja izdanje upplaga, utgåva ฉบับพิมพ์; พิมพ์ครั้งที่ baskı, basım 版次,版本 видання ایک وقت میں شا‏ئع ہونے والی کسی کتاب ، اخبار وغیرہ کی کل تعداد ؛ اشاعت کی کوئی خاص صورت số bản in; lần xuất bản 版,版本
ˈeditor noun
1. a person who edits books etc. a dictionary editor. redigeerder مُحَقِّق ، مُحَرِّر редактор editor redaktor, -ka der Herausgeber redaktør επιμελητής editor, redactor toimetaja ویراستار kustannustoimittaja rédacteur, trice, éditeur/-trice עורך संपादक urednik szerkesztő penyunting ritstjóri; útgáfustjóri curatore 編集者 (출판물 등의) 편집자 redaktorius redaktors penyunting redacteur redaktør, utgiver; filmklipper redaktor چلوونكى، خپروونكى، هغه څوك چه ليكنې اصلاح كوى او بيا يې چاپ ته چمتو كوى editor de texto editor редактор redaktor, -ka urednik urednik redaktör, utgivare ผู้เรียบเรียง; บรรณาธิการ editör, yayıncı 編輯 редактор اشاعت یا نشر کے لیے مواد مرتب کرنے والا شخص biên tập viên 编辑
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. redakteur مُحَرِّر редактор chefe de redação redaktor, -ka; vydavatel, -ka der Redakteur redaktør συντάκτης redactor jefe toimetaja سر دبیر päätoimittaja rédacteur/-trice en chef עורך सम्पादक urednik szerkesztő; rovatvezető redaktur ritstjóri direttore; redattore 編集長 (신문, 잡지 등의) 주필 redaktorius redaktors editor redacteur redaktør redaktor naczelny خپروونكى chefe de redacção re­dac­tor-şef редактор redaktor, -ka; vydavateľ, -ka urednik urednik redaktör บรรณาธิการ editör, yazı işleri müdürü 主編(報紙、雜誌等的) редактор اشاعت یا نشریہ کا ذمہ دار نگراں người chịu trách nhiệm một phần của tờ báo 编辑
ˌediˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective
of or belonging to editors. editorial work/staff. , hoofartikel, inleidingsartikel إفْتِتاحي редакторски editorial redaktorský Redaktions-... redaktionel; redaktions- που ανήκει στο συντάκτη editorial toimetus(e)- ویرایشی؛ ویراستاری toimitus- de (la) rédaction שֶׁל עָרִיכָה सम्पादकीय urednički szerkesztői redaksi ritstjórnar- editoriale; redazionale 編集の 편집의 redaktoriaus, redakcijos redakcijas-; redaktora- menyunting redactioneel redaksjons-, redaksjonell, redaktør- redakcyjny, edytorski له سره كتل da redacção editorial, de redacţie редакционный redaktorský uredniški urednički redaktionell, redaktörs- เกี่ยวกับงานของบรรณาธิการ yazı işlerine / editöre ait 編輯的 редакторський; редакційний اداریہ thuộc biên tập viên 编辑的
noun
the leading article in a newspaper. redaksioneel, van die redaksie مَقالَه رِئيسيَّه،كلمَة التَّحْرير уводна статия editorial úvodník der Leitartikel leder; ledende artikel κύριο άρθρο editorial juhtkiri سرمقاله pääkirjoitus éditorial מַאֲמָר מַעֲרֶכֶת सम्पादकीय लेख uvodnik vezércikk tajuk rencana leiðari editoriale, articolo di fondo 社説 사설 vedamasis ievadraksts rencana hoofdartikel leder wstępniak سر مقاله editorial editorial передовица úvodník uvodnik editorijal ledare บทนํา; บทบรรณาธิการ başyazı 社論 передовиця اخبار کا خاص مقالہ bài xã luận 社论
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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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