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ed·i·tor

editor

 
 
pronunciation:
e dih tr
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a person who prepares written materials for publication or film for viewing.
The editor found numerous errors in the text that needed correction.
definition 2: a person who manages the editing of a magazine or newspaper, or of a collection of works published in a book.
definition 3: a person who writes editorials for a newspaper or magazine, or who supervises a particular department or column of a newspaper or magazine.
definition 4: in the film industry, a person whose job is to view raw footage and decide, often in conjunction with the director and others, what shots will remain in the final film, what sequence they will be in, and how long each will be.
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