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Etymology

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer ‘edit, publish’.

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Noun

Singular
edit

Plural
edits

edit (plural edits)

  1. A change to the text of a document.

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Verb

Infinitive
to edit

Third person singular
edits

Simple past
edited

Past participle
edited

Present participle
editing

to edit (third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)

  1. To change a text, or a document.
    I want to edit the picture to remove the red eye.
    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

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