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# editor

noun (an editor, editors)

«editor» 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. An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m1)
2. An editor is the person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or part of one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m2)
3. An editor is a person who cuts and puts together film or video. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m3)
4. In computing, an editor is a program for changing text, pictures or code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x1)
- She is the editor of the school magazine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x2)
- The film editor cut the boring parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x3)
- Open the file in a text editor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x4)
- The newspaper editor chose the front page story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x5)
- Swap your story with a partner and be their editor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x6)
- Better go and hire a hall," remarked the sporting editor, with a yawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/editor/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/editor/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/editor/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «editor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«editor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/editor.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «editor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/editor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«editor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/editor.html) on Mova free.