Dictionary Definition
editor
Noun
1 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) [syn: editor in
chief]
2 (computer science) a program designed to
perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification
or deletion of data [syn: editor
program]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From editionem ( editio) ‘a bringing forth, producing’, from stem of edere, ‘bring forth, produce’, from ex-, ‘out’ + -dere, combining form of dare, ‘to give’.Pronunciation
- /ˈɛdɪtə/; ˈɛɾɪɾɹˌ
Noun
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A copy editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
- A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits
stories and decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- In the context of "computer software": A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
- In the context of "television|cinematography": Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
Translations
person who edits
- Dutch: redacteur
- Finnish: muokkaaja
- Norwegian: redaktør
- Russian: редактор
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m|f
- Swedish: redaktör
newspaper editor
- Czech: redaktor
- Dutch: redacteur, krantenredacteur
- Finnish: päätoimittaja
- German: Redakteur , Redakteurin
- Norwegian: redaktør
- Russian: редактор
- Swedish: redaktör
program for modifying text files
- Czech: editor
- Dutch: editor, tekstverwerker
- Finnish: editori
- Norwegian: editor
- Russian: редактор
- Swedish: redigerare , texteditor
film, TV
- Czech: střihač
- French: monteur
machine for editing film
- Italian: giuntatrice
Derived terms
Czech
Noun
editor- editor (computer program)
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- ɛditɔr
Noun
- An editor (computer program to edit text documents).
Spanish
Noun
Related terms
Extensive Definition
The term editor may refer to:
As a person that does editing:
- Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text
- Business editing, making revisions, formatting and syntax improvements to business documents
- Film editing, connecting shots to form a sequence then an entire movie
- Literary editor, in a newspaper or similar, deals with reviews or literary criticism
- Consulting editor, non-salaried, independent literary editor
- Contributing editor, a magazine or book-publishing title, sometimes honorary, with a variety of meanings
- Managing editor, senior member of a publication's management team
- Sound editor, prepares the sound mixing a TV program or film
- Picture editor, (aka photo editor) collects and reviews photographs and/or illustrations for publication in alignment with preset guidelines
As a computer program:
- Character editor, for editing characters in computer games
- Digital audio editor, for editing audio data
- Graphics
editor, for creating and manipulating visual images
- Raster graphics editor, for editing pictures in bitmap or raster format
- Vector graphics editor, for editing pictures in vector format
- Level editor, for editing levels of computer games
- Hex editor, for editing binary data
- HTML editor, for editing web pages
- MS-DOS Editor, a plain-text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
- Source code editor, for editing source code
- Text editor, for editing plain text
- Word processor, for producing and editing any sort of printable material
- WYSIWYG editor, for editing and visualizing formatted text or graphics
- XML editor, for editing XML data
As other uses:
- Editors, indie rock band from Birmingham, England
- Linear video editing, editing images and sound recorded on videotape
- Non-linear editing system, audio or video editing system allowing random access
- The Editor, villain in the Doctor Who episode "The Long Game"
- Visual editor, person who decides the placement of art objects in a given space
editor in German: Editor
editor in Spanish: Editor
editor in French: Éditeur
editor in Korean: 에디터
editor in Indonesian: Editor
editor in Japanese: エディター
editor in Portuguese: Edição
editor in Slovak: Editor
editor in Ukrainian: Редактор
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
allegorist, annotator, bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept, bibliolater, bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliopegist, bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliopole, bibliopolist, bibliotaph, bibliothec, bibliothecaire, bibliothecary, book agent,
book collector, book printer, book publisher, book reviewer, book
salesman, book-stealer, bookbinder, bookdealer, booklover, bookmaker, bookman, bookseller, bookworm, captious critic,
carper, cataloger, caviler, censor, censurer, chief librarian,
cicerone, city editor,
clarifier, cognoscente, collector, college editor,
columnist, commentator, commenter, compiler, connoisseur, copy chief,
copy editor, copyman,
copyreader, correspondent, critic, criticaster, criticizer, critickin, criticule, cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, cub reporter,
curator, decoder, definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, diaskeuast, dictionary
editor, dragoman,
editor-in-chief, editorial writer, editorialist, emendator, emender, euhemerist, executive editor,
exegesist, exegete, exegetist, explainer, explicator, exponent, expositor, expounder, faultfinder, feature editor,
foreign correspondent, gazetteer, glossarist, glossographer, go-between,
guide, hermeneut, interpreter, interviewer, journalist, juvenile editor,
leader writer, leg man, lexicographer, librarian, library director,
literary critic, man of letters, managing editor, metaphrast, muckraker, news analyst, news
editor, newsman,
newspaperman,
newspaperwoman,
newswriter, oneirocritic, own
correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, paraphrast, permissions
editor, philobiblist, pressman, printer, production editor,
publicist, publisher, reader, redactor, reference editor,
reference librarian, reporter, reviewer, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, scholiast, slotman, smellfungus, sob sister,
social critic, special correspondent, sports editor, subeditor, textbook editor,
textual critic, trade editor, translator, war
correspondent, writer