edit

/หˆษ›dษชt/

IPA: /EH1 D AH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    A change to the text of a document.

  2. 2

    A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

  3. 3

    An interruption or change to an improvised scene.

  4. 4

    An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.

verb
  1. 1

    To change a text, or a document.

  2. 2

    To be the editor of a publication.

    โ€œHe edits the Chronicle.โ€

  3. 3

    To change the contents of a file, website, etc.

    โ€œWikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.โ€

  4. 4

    To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.

  5. 5

    To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.

  6. 6

    To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.

  7. 7

    To lend itself to editing in a certain way.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edit