editor

A person who chooses and prepares stories or other writing for a newspaper, magazine, or publisher.

• She is the editor of a magazine.
• The newspaper editor chose my story for the front page.
• Two editors discussed which articles to publish next month.

Common phrases: newspaper editor, chief editor, editor of something

A person who checks and changes writing to improve it or correct mistakes.

• An editor checked my writing.
• The editor removed several confusing sentences from the document.
• Our editors corrected the spelling before we printed the booklet.

Similar words: copy editor

Common phrases: copy editor, editor of something, freelance editor

A computer program that lets you write or change text in a file.

• Open the file in a text editor.
• This editor highlights mistakes in my code.
• Which editors work best with large documents?

Common phrases: text editor, code editor, open an editor

A person who chooses and joins parts of a film or video to make the finished version.

• The editor cut the final scene.
• A video editor joined the clips into a short film.
• The director worked closely with two experienced editors.

Similar words: film editor

Common phrases: film editor, video editor, picture editor