What does Editor mean?

Definitions for Editor
ˈɛd ɪ təred·i·tor

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Editor.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. editor, editor in chiefnoun

    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

  2. editor program, editornoun

    (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

Wiktionary

  1. editornoun

    A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

  2. editornoun

    A copy editor.

  3. editornoun

    A person who edited a specific document.

  4. editornoun

    A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.

  5. editornoun

    A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

  6. editornoun

    A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

  7. editornoun

    Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

  8. Etymology: From editionem (editio) ‘a bringing forth, producing’, from perfect passive participle editus, from stem of verb edere, ‘bring forth, produce’, from ex-, ‘out’ + -dere, combining form of dare, ‘to give’; + noun of agent suffix -or.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Editornoun

    Publisher; he that revises or prepares any work for publication.

    Etymology: editor, Latin.

    When a different reading gives us a different sense, or a new elegance in an author, the editor does very well in taking notice of it. Joseph Addison, Spectator №. 450.

    This nonsense got into all the editions by a mistake of the stage editors. Alexander Pope, Notes on Shakesp. Henry V.

Wikipedia

  1. editor

    Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organisation, and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete piece of work.The editing process often begins with the author's idea for the work itself, continuing as a collaboration between the author and the editor as the work is created. Editing can involve creative skills, human relations and a precise set of methods. There are various editorial positions in publishing. Typically, one finds editorial assistants reporting to the senior-level editorial staff and directors who report to senior executive editors. Senior executive editors are responsible for developing a product for its final release. The smaller the publication, the more these roles overlap. The top editor at many publications may be known as the chief editor, executive editor, or simply the editor. A frequent and highly regarded contributor to a magazine may acquire the title of editor-at-large or contributing editor. Mid-level newspaper editors often manage or help to manage sections, such as business, sports and features. In U.S. newspapers, the level below the top editor is usually the managing editor. In the book publishing industry, editors may organize anthologies and other compilations, produce definitive editions of a classic author's works (scholarly editor), and organize and manage contributions to a multi-author book (symposium editor or volume editor). Obtaining manuscripts or recruiting authors is the role of an acquisitions editor or a commissioning editor in a publishing house. Finding marketable ideas and presenting them to appropriate authors are the responsibilities of a sponsoring editor. Copy editors correct spelling, grammar and align writings to house style. Changes to the publishing industry since the 1980s have resulted in nearly all copy editing of book manuscripts being outsourced to freelance copy editors.At newspapers and wire services, press or copy editors write headlines and work on more substantive issues, such as ensuring accuracy, fairness, and taste. In some positions, they design pages and select news stories for inclusion. At U.K. and Australian newspapers, the term is sub-editor. They may choose the layout of the publication and communicate with the printer. These editors may have the title of layout or design editor or (more so in the past) makeup editor.

ChatGPT

  1. editor

    An editor is a professional who prepares content for publication by correcting, revising, and proofreading to improve accuracy, readability, and ensure it is free from error, omission, inconsistency, and repetition. This content could be in various forms such as books, articles, magazines, websites, video, film, and other media. The editor's goal is to help authors and creators express their ideas clearly and effectively to the intended audience. There are different types of editors like content editors, copy editors, film editors etc., each specializing in a particular field or medium.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Editornoun

    one who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication

  2. Etymology: [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. diteur.]

Wikidata

  1. Editor

    An editor in the professional or traditional sense is generally an individual who makes corrective changes, or edits, in the content or format of a creative work. Such works may deal with the literary arts, musical composition, film, radio programs, or other forms intended for publication or public presentation. The job of a professional editor can range from revising a particular work, such as the text of a book or magazine article, to supervising the publication and distribution of such a work, such as a newspaper or other printed and published materials. Editors are most often identified as those who work to prepare book manuscripts and newspapers for publication.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. editor

    1. A person employed on a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. 2. A delicate instrument for observing the development and flowering of the deadly mediocre and encouraging its growth. 3. A seraphic embryon; a smooth bore; a bit of sandpaper applied to all forms of originality by the publisher-proprietor; an emictory.

Editors Contribution

  1. editor

    A person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, knowledge, qualifications, skills and training to edit a variety of data, facts, information, proof, research, statistics and documents.

    Newspaper editors have a role to play within a newspaper, therefore it is wise they have the accurate and specific ability, professional experience, qualifications, training and skills to perform their role.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2017  


  2. editornoun

    Someone with authority to make changes or corrections as a result of editing used to link alternatives. 1.) A person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text, particularly a newspaper or magazine. 2.) A computer program enabling the user to enter or alter text.

    A Lexicographic editor is the most important author there is with the power to create, edit, and configure a language with their imagination.

    Etymology: Lexicographer


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 28, 2024  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Editor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2582

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    Rank popularity for the word 'Editor' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4682

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Editor' in Nouns Frequency: #972

Anagrams for Editor »

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  3. dotier

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Editor in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Editor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Editor in a Sentence

  1. Sports Illustrated:

    Oh my God, it’s amazing, every single year I’m so humbled to be included in such a huge publication. And every year they just outdo themselves. MJ Day, the editor, understands the need for diversity in media. She was really the one who made the decision many years back to include Ashley Graham on the cover and kick off this movement.

  2. Abby Schreiber:

    I don’t think it’s necessarily unwise for a business to make a political statement, particularly privately-owned businesses in the fashion sector, said Abby Schreiber, managing editor at Paper Magazine. Fashion has always been about expression, provocation and, not infrequently, politics and, to that end, these designers ’ refusal to dress Melania Trump is not, in and of itself, unusual for this industry. fashion designers have long attempted to tell a story about their brand and vision and to articulate a feeling, emotion or sense of who their customer or ‘ muse ’ is, Schreiber said. And for those designers who are troubled by the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that surrounded Trump’s campaign, it may make sense for them to want to distance their brand and their vision from it. But Robert Casey, President of modeling agency Maggie, Inc., offered a simple solution.

  3. Robertson Davies:

    He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.

  4. Huw Williams:

    Due to its limited operating range - about two km - if the Indian military is using the system it would most likely be for close reconnaissance or security work, our Middle East editor believes that Islamic State are using similar systems.

  5. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli:

    Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli defended the scathing editorial on Sunday. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli said in an interview with CBSFace The Nation that Trumps support of causes important to the evangelical community can no longer excuse Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli actions in other areas and said Timothy Dalrymple is morally unfit to occupy the Oval Office. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I am making a moral judgment that Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli is morally unfitor, even more precisely, its Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli public morality that makes Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli unfit.

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