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English

/ˈɛdɪt/, /ˈɛdɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • A change to the text of a document.
  • (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
  • (comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
  • (genetics) An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deh₃-

Gloss

give, spread out, lay out

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