editor
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication: She was offered a managing editor position at a small press.
the supervisor or manager of a department of a newspaper, magazine, etc.: the sports editor of a newspaper.
a person who edits, or selects and revises, material for publications, films, etc.: a video editor;the editor of an online journal.
a device for viewing, cutting, and editing film or magnetic tape to make movies, audio recordings, etc.
Computers. a program used for writing and revising code, data, or text: an XML editor.
Origin of editor
1Words Nearby editor
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How to use editor in a sentence
The other piece came this morning from Iain Morris, news editor at telecoms trade outlet Light Reading, who noted that early deployers of 5G in East Asia are still waiting to see results.
Their ringleader was the magazine editor and writer Dan Okrent.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | FreakonomicsThis week on Deep Tech, she joins our editor-in-chief, Gideon Lichfield, to discuss how consumers’ private data is protected in the world’s largest surveillance state.
Podcast: Want consumer privacy? Try China | Michael Reilly | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewMy editors are forever asking me to take the long Twitter threads I write and turn them into articles here at FiveThirtyEight.
Our Election Forecast Didn’t Say What I Thought It Would | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightHall and other editors have insisted, however, that these endorsements are not the Union-Tribune’s views.
Politics Report: Who Will Get the Midway Rose? | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | August 15, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 | Vicky Ward | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHer name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“James Woods refuses to toe the Hollyweird line,” Twitchy managing editor Lori Ziganto told The Daily Beast in an email.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe film had been with George Tomasini, the editor, and Hitch hadn't seen it in ten days.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was the successor of Dr. Franklin as editor, and entered upon the business in 1763.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThomas Barnes, principal editor of the Times newspaper, died in London, aged 56.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn the Railway Official Gazette was a column devoted to short reviews of new books which were sent to the editor.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe is celebrated as the editor of Shakspeare, and published several biographies.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellFor an account of their missionary work in Canada, see editor's Introduction, vol.
British Dictionary definitions for editor
/ (ˈɛdɪtə) /
a person who edits written material for publication
a person in overall charge of the editing and often the policy of a newspaper or periodical
a person in charge of one section of a newspaper or periodical: the sports editor
films
a person who makes a selection and arrangement of individual shots in order to construct the flowing sequence of images for a film
a device for editing film, including a viewer and a splicer
television radio a person in overall control of a programme that consists of various items, such as a news or magazine style programme
a computer program that facilitates the deletion or insertion of data within information already stored in a computer
Origin of editor
1Derived forms of editor
- editorship, noun
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