rewrite: The script was rewritten constantly during filming.
redraft: The speech had already been redrafted 22 times.
edi|tion ◆◆◇ / I d I ʃ ə n/ (editions )
1 N‑COUNT An edition is a particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is printed at one time. □ A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.
2 N‑COUNT An edition is the total number of copies of a particular book or newspaper that are printed at one time. □ The second edition was published only in America.
3 N‑COUNT An edition is a single television or radio programme that is one of a series about a particular subject. □ They appeared on an edition of BBC2's Arena.
edi|tor ◆◆◇ /e d I tə r / (editors )
1 N‑COUNT An editor is the person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine and who decides what will be published in each edition of it.
2 N‑COUNT An editor is a journalist who is responsible for a particular section of a newspaper or magazine. □ Cookery Editor Moyra Fraser takes you behind the scenes.
3 N‑COUNT An editor is a person who checks and corrects texts before they are published. □ Your role as editor is important, for you can look at a piece of writing objectively.
4 N‑COUNT An editor is a radio or television journalist who reports on a particular type of news. □ …our economics editor, Dominic Harrod.
5 N‑COUNT An editor is a person who prepares a film, or a radio or television programme, by selecting some of what has been filmed or recorded and putting it in a particular order. □ She worked at 20th Century Fox as a film editor.
6 N‑COUNT An editor is a person who collects pieces of writing by different authors and prepares them for publication in a book or a series of books. □ [+ of ] Michael Rosen is the editor of the anthology.
7 N‑COUNT An editor is a computer program that enables you to change and correct stored data. [COMPUTING ] COLLOCATIONS editor NOUN
1
noun + editor : magazine, newspaper, tabloid; assistant, deputy, executive
adjective + editor : contributing, founding, managing
2
noun + editor : fashion, features, news, picture; economics, politics, science, sport
edi|to|rial ◆◇◇ /e d I tɔː ri ə l/ (editorials )
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Editorial means involved in preparing a newspaper, magazine, or book for publication. □ He is on the editorial staff of the magazine. □ I went to the editorial board meetings when I had the time. ● edi|to|ri|al|ly ADV □ Rosie Boycott was not involved editorially with Virago.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Editorial means involving the attitudes, opinions, and contents of something such as a newspaper, magazine, or television programme. □ We are not about to change our editorial policy. ● edi|to|ri|al|ly ADV [usu ADV after v] □ Editorially, they never really became a unique distinct product.
3 N‑COUNT An editorial is an article in a newspaper which gives the opinion of the editor or owner on a topic or item of news. □ An editorial in the London Evening Standard argued the police reaction was disproportionate to the threat.
edi|to|ri|al|ize /e d I tɔː riəla I z/ (editorializes , editorializing , editorialized ) in BRIT, also use editorialise VERB If someone editorializes , they express their opinion about something rather than just stating facts; mainly used in contexts where you are talking about journalists and newspapers. □ [V ] Other papers have editorialized, criticizing the Czech government for rushing to judgment on this individual.
edi|tor|ship /e d I tə r ʃ I p/ (editorships ) N‑VAR [oft poss N ] The editorship of a newspaper or magazine is the position of its editor, or his or her work as its editor. □ Under his editorship, the Economist has introduced regular sports coverage. [Also + of ]
edu|cate /e dʒʊke I t/ (educates , educating , educated )
1 VERB [usu passive] When someone, especially a child, is educated , he or she is taught at a school or college. □ [be V -ed] He was educated at Haslingden Grammar School.
2 VERB To educate people means to teach them better ways of doing something or a better way of living. □ [V n] The charity dedicates itself to educating people about the dangers of high-fat diets.
edu|cat|ed /e dʒʊke I t I d/ ADJ Someone who is educated has a high standard of learning. □ He is an educated, amiable and decent man.
-educated /-e dʒʊke I t I d/
1 COMB -educated combines with nouns and adjectives to form adjectives indicating where someone was educated. □ …the Oxford-educated son of a Liverpool merchant. □ …an American-educated lawyer.
2 COMB -educated combines with adverbs to form adjectives indicating how much education someone has had and how good it was. □ Many of the immigrants are well-educated. □ …impoverished, undernourished, and ill-educated workers.
e du|cat|ed gue ss (educated guesses ) N‑COUNT An educated guess is a guess which is based on a certain amount of knowledge and is therefore likely to be correct. □ Estimating the right cooking time will always be an educated guess.
edu|ca|tion ◆◆◇ /e dʒʊke I ʃ ə n/ (educations )
1 N‑VAR Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught. □ They're cutting funds for education.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Education of a particular kind involves teaching the public about a particular issue. □ …better health education.