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# editorial

«editorial» in Mova's school dictionary: **an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an editorial, editorials); adjective (editorial)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An editorial is an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinion of the editors, not just the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#m1)

2) Editorial (adjective) means to do with editing or with the people who choose and check what is published, as in editorial team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In media literacy lessons pupils learn to tell news reports (facts) from editorials and opinion pieces (views). Phrases: newspaper editorial, editorial team, editorial decision, editorial staff.

### examples

- The editorial said the town needs a new park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x1)
- Remember, an editorial gives an opinion, not only facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x2)
- The class wrote an editorial for the school newspaper about longer playtimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x3)
- The editorial team chose which photos to print. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x4)
- That was an editorial decision by the magazine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x5)
- We compared a news report and an editorial on the same story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/#x6)

### note

Countable as a noun. An editorial is persuasive writing; it can use facts but its aim is to convince. Do not confuse with an «edition» (one version or printing of a book or paper).

### Trees and pragmatics

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