edit
/ˈɛdɪt/
noun
Meaning
A change to the text of a document.
A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
verb
Meaning
To change a text, or a document.
To be the editor of a publication.
"He edits the Chronicle."
To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
"Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles."
To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
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