edit definition

1. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• examples: Edit a book on lexical semantics
• examples: she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
2. supervise the publication of
• examples: The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years
3. cut and assemble the components of
• examples: edit film
• examples: cut recording tape
4. cut or eliminate
• examples: she edited the juiciest scenes