/ˈed.ɪ.tə/
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Translation
The person whose job is to check and correct texts, or to decide what goes in a newspaper, book, or film.
Word origin
From Latin editor, meaning one who puts forth, from edere - e (out) plus dare (to give).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- edere
- English cognates
- edit, edition
Examples
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An editor decides what stays in and what comes out.
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The editor of a newspaper is the person in charge of it.
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A letter to the editor is a reader letter printed in the paper.
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