1syllable
edit
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Definitions ofedit
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- To change a text, or a document.
- To be the editor of a publication.
Example: "He edits the Chronicle."
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
Example: "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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