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# editor

«editor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an editor, editors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m1)

2) An editor is the person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or part of one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m2)

3) An editor is a person who cuts and puts together film or video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m3)

4) In computing, an editor is a program for changing text, pictures or code. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In writing lessons, pupils «edit» their work (check spelling and punctuation) like an editor. The school newspaper has a pupil editor. Coders write in a code editor.

### examples

- The editor fixed all my spelling mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x1)
- She is the editor of the school magazine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x2)
- The film editor cut the boring parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x3)
- Open the file in a text editor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x4)
- The newspaper editor chose the front page story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x5)
- Swap your story with a partner and be their editor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x6)
- Better go and hire a hall," remarked the sporting editor, with a yawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x7)

### note

Use «an»: an editor. Verb: edit. Female editors are also just «editor».

### Trees and pragmatics

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