Usually means: Modify content for improvement or correction.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word edit:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. edit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. edit, edit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. edit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. edit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. edit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Edit, edit: Wordnik
  7. edit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. edit: Wiktionary
  9. edit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. edit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. edit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Edit, edit, edit: Dictionary.com
  13. edit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. edit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. EDIT, EdIT (musician), EdIT, Edit (Regina Spektor song), Edit (album), Edit (given name), Edit (musician), Edit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Edit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. edit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. edit: Rhymezone
  19. edit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. edit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. edit: Free Dictionary
  22. edit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. edit: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. edit: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  2. edit: Legal dictionary
  3. Edit: Radio Programming and Production

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. edit: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. edit: CCI Computer
  3. edit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. EDIT: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. edit: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. edit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A change to the text of a document.
noun:  (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
noun:  An edited piece of media, especially video footage.
noun:  (Internet, specifically) A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.
noun:  (comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
noun:  (genetics) An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
noun:  (fashion) A range of products related by theme or purpose.
verb:  To change a text, or a document.
verb:  To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.
verb:  (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
verb:  (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
verb:  (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
verb:  To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.
verb:  (comedy) To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
verb:  (ergative) To lend itself to editing in a certain way.

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