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How to use edit in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Edit means a change to the text of a document. Example: “He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far.”

Examples of edit by meaning

nounA change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

  • He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far.

nounAn edited piece of media, especially video footage.

  • An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot.

nounA compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.

  • a basketball edit, a Thor edit
  • bro thinks he's in an edit (Internet meme)
  • Valorant edits have become massive on TikTok as creators put their editing skills to the test in making the best edits they can, but Tarik argued that videos like these can be "over-edited" and that he can't tell what's happening.2023 July 21, Carver Fisher, “Tarik slams "over-edited" Valorant TikTok video trend”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023

nounA range of products related by theme or purpose.

  • The Outnet will release a high-summer edit of 17 exclusive, limited-edition items including a Eugenia Kim fedora ($175.)2015 June 17, Alison S. Cohn, “Shopping Events and Sales This Week in New York”, in The New York Times
  • The Loose Women star, 33, took to Instagram yesterday (May 8) to announce her latest clothing edit.2023 May 9, Melisha Kaur, “Stacey Solomon's latest In The Style range has got us dreaming of summer”, in Daily Mirror

verbTo change a text, or a document.

  • Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.

verbTo alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.

  • We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.

verbTo be the editor of a publication.

  • He edits the Chronicle.
  • We'll buy a press, hire a printer, and Beth and Louise will help me edit the paper.1912, L. Frank Baum, chapter 3, in Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation

verbTo change the contents of a file, website, etc.

  • Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

More sentences with edit

  • Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.From the entry substantive
  • I can't open the file because someone else is editing it.From the entry open
  • This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.From the entry copy
  • Editing Wikipedia started as a hobby, but it's turned into a complete obsession of mine.From the entry obsession
  • The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.From the entry match
  • The user who started the edit war was blocked for a day to cool off.From the entry block
  • I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited.From the entry completely
  • Breaking news may contain incomplete information, factual errors, or poor editing because of a rush to publication.From the entry breaking news
  • It's really not so hard, once you know the nuts and bolts of the editing process.From the entry nuts and bolts
  • Whenever you edit a value in the spreadsheet, the total at the bottom is recomputed.From the entry recompute
  • After making the necessary edits, always sign out of the system.From the entry sign out
  • When a dispute arises, it is common to see a page protected to avoid edit warring.From the entry edit war
  • The image may need a recompress if you have edited it.From the entry recompress
  • How do I unhide the editing toolbar? I need to use those commands again.From the entry unhide
  • The autogenerated code should not be edited, since it may be automatically overwritten by the same process.From the entry autogenerate
  • In the final edit, the film was chopped down to two hours.From the entry chop down
  • In the wikiverse, the word "contributions" refers to edits done to a wiki.From the entry wikiverse
  • Under Wikipedia policy, users who create attack pages are likely to be blocked from editing.From the entry attack page
  • Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.From the entry encyclopedia
  • That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.From the entry metadata
  • If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.From the entry yours
  • He had edited the paper for some years.From the entry some
  • He spent time editing articles on the wiki.From the entry wiki
  • We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.From the entry video
  • It’s no trouble for me to edit it.From the entry trouble
  • They plotted the number of edits per day.From the entry plot
  • The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.From the entry associate
  • I unlocked the dictionary article so I could edit it.From the entry unlock

Meaning of edit

  1. noun A change to the text of a document.
  2. noun A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
  3. noun An edited piece of media, especially video footage.

Full definition of edit

Questions about edit in a sentence

How do you use edit in a sentence?
Edit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far.”
What is a short sentence with edit?
“He edits the Chronicle.”
What does edit mean?
Edit means a change to the text of a document.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: edit (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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