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edited

verb (past form of edit: edited); adjective (edited)

«edited» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. Edited is the past form of «edit»: someone checked and changed a piece of writing, a photo or a film to make it better. tree →
  2. An edited text, photo or video has been changed from the original. tree →

In the lessons

In writing lessons pupils plan, draft, edit and publish: they correct spelling, punctuation and grammar and improve words. In media and online safety lessons pupils learn that photos and videos can be edited, so not everything online is real. Phrases: edited by, edited version, heavily edited.

Examples

  • I edited my story to fix the spelling. tree →
  • The teacher edited the class newspaper. tree →
  • This photo has been edited to look brighter. tree →
  • The film was edited to make it shorter. tree →
  • She edited her work with a green pen. tree →
  • An edited picture may not show the truth. tree →

Note

Regular verb: edit, edits, edited, editing (single «t» before -ed, because the stress is on the first part: ED-it). The person who edits is an editor. Editing improves a text; it is a step after the first draft.

In Jewish tradition

In writing lessons pupils plan, draft, edit and publish: they correct spelling, punctuation and grammar and improve words. In media and online safety lessons pupils learn that photos and videos can be edited, so not everything online is real. Phrases: edited by, edited version, heavily edited.

Examples

  • were the short and the long version, whicli were edited in Mantua in 1562, and Saadia's text, edited by M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Regular verb: edit, edits, edited, editing (single «t» before -ed, because the stress is on the first part: ED-it). The person who edits is an editor. Editing improves a text; it is a step after the first draft.

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/edited/