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Editor Person Book Prepares Noun ˈedɪtə(R ˈedɪtər Washington

Word3 editor
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈedɪtə(r)/ /ˈedɪtər/
Example
  • the editor of the washington post
  • a newspaper/magazine editor
  • the sports/financial/fashion editor
  • a contributing/deputy editor
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editor

(noun)/ˈedɪtə(r)/ /ˈedɪtər/
  1. a person who is in charge of a newspaper, magazine, etc., or part of one, and who decides what should be included
    • SEE ALSO city editor
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/city-editor
    • the editor of the Washington Post
    • a newspaper/magazine editor
    • the sports/financial/fashion editor
    • a contributing/deputy editor
    • She got a job as a web editor on the local paper.
    • She was associate editor at the magazine.
    • He is a former editor of the journal.

    Extra Examples

    • On page 12, our City editor comments on the takeover bid.
    • Russell did a terrific job as book review editor.
    • She's the editor of a national magazine.
    • He became the editor-in-chief of the paper.
  2. a person who prepares a book or other written material to be published, for example by checking and correcting the text, making improvements, etc.
    • SEE ALSO copy editor
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/copy-editor
    • Jenny Cook is a freelance writer and editor based in New York.
    • He finally got a position as an assistant editor at a small publishing house.
  3. a person who prepares a film, radio or television programme for being shown or broadcast by deciding what to include, and what order it should be in
    • SEE ALSO story editor
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/story-editor
    • Kazan hired him as cameraman, editor and producer for ‘The Visitors’ (1972).
  4. a person who works as a journalist for radio or television reporting on a particular area of news
    • our economics editor
  5. a person who chooses texts written by one or by several writers and prepares them to be published in a book
    • She's the editor of a new collection of ghost stories.
  6. a program that allows you to change stored text or data
    • SEE ALSO text editor
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/text-editor
    • There are hundreds of different web editors on the market.

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘producer (of games), publisher’, from edit- ‘produced, put out’, from the verb edere.
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