editor

Everyday

1. An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. tree →
2. An editor is the person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or part of one. tree →
3. An editor is a person who cuts and puts together film or video. tree →
4. In computing, an editor is a program for changing text, pictures or code. tree →

In the lessons

In writing lessons, pupils «edit» their work (check spelling and punctuation) like an editor. The school newspaper has a pupil editor. Coders write in a code editor.

Examples

• The editor fixed all my spelling mistakes. tree →
• She is the editor of the school magazine. tree →
• The film editor cut the boring parts. tree →
• Open the file in a text editor. tree →
• The newspaper editor chose the front page story. tree →
• Swap your story with a partner and be their editor. tree →
• Better go and hire a hall," remarked the sporting editor, with a yawn. tree →

Note

Use «an»: an editor. Verb: edit. Female editors are also just «editor».

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Modern scholars suggest an editor joined together several early layers of Sefer Yetzirah, while tradition says Abraham wrote it. In the primary lessons: In writing lessons, pupils «edit» their work (check spelling and punctuation) like an editor. The school newspaper has a pupil editor. Coders write in a code editor.

Examples

• These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Some late editors to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

Use «an»: an editor. Verb: edit. Female editors are also just «editor».