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# edit

«edit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (edit, edits, edited, editing); noun (an edit, edits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m1)

2) To edit a film, photo or video is to cut and arrange it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m2)

3) To be in charge of a newspaper, magazine or book and decide what goes in it is also to edit it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m3)

4) An edit is a change made in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school writing pupils plan, draft, edit and publish; editing means checking spelling, punctuation and sense. In everyday life people edit photos and videos. Phrases: «edit your work», «edit out» (remove), «make an edit», «editing checklist».

### examples

- Edit your story before you write it out neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x1)
- I edited my paragraph and fixed three spelling mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x2)
- She edits videos for her family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x3)
- The teacher asked us to edit with a green pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x4)
- He edited out the boring part of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x5)
- My edits made the sentence much clearer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x6)
- Photos can be edited, so not every picture online is real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: edited, editing (only one «t»). The person is an «editor»; the result is an «edition» or «edit». Editing is not the same as rewriting from scratch. Safety: edited photos and videos can make fake things look real.

### In the corpora

- [Not everything you see is true: some stories and videos are made up or edited on purpose to fool people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/2/)
- [In March 2024 photo agencies withdrew a Mother's Day family photo because it had been edited, and the Princess apologised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/16/)
- [Many online photos are filtered or edited; comparing your real face to an edited picture is unfair on yourself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/9/)
- [Many viral pictures are fake or edited, so check who posted them first before sharing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/17/)
- [Editing someone's photo with AI without permission can be unkind and can be bullying; the edited picture is not the real person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «edit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.