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editor

editor

41 3.5
A program for making and changing text or pictures on a computer
  • noun
  • /ˈɛdɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : editor de texto
  • You have to parse the data in a text editor... and then script it into a searchable database.
  • text editor
  • graphical editor
  • web editor

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Examples

  • Inkscape: A vector graphics editor with capabilities similar to Adobe's Illustrator and FreeHand, CorelDraw, or Xara X.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I'm the music editor at Rolling Stone magazine.

  • May I present Maggie Warden, our film editor.

  • Vladimir is an online video editor who works at the rival video house to Phoebe.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I'm an associate fashion editor for Vogue.

  • Our own Lisa Luder is helping set the style for the country... as a fashion editor for Vogue magazine.

  • Previously, Siedun was managing editor of ASME's Manufacturing Review, and she has a strong computer background.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Software tools used for quality assurance include the Oxygen XML editor, ThumbsPlus, and the NDNP's Digital Validation View (DVV).

    Academic text (2013)
  • When creating a presentation, I prefer using a editor that supports rich formatting.

  • The graphic design team uses a specialized editor to manipulate image files easily.

Synonyms

text editor
vseditor
  • Specialized
4 2.9

A computer program for writing and changing plain text files

covers software for various data types not only plain text files
editor program
vseditor
  • Specialized
3.5

A computer program that changes text or code files

adds the function of creating data as well as modifying or deleting it

Antonyms

viewer
  • Specialized
39 3.5

Software that shows images, documents or videos without editing

Compounds

editor in chief
  • Literature
49 4.4

A person who leads a newspaper or magazine and decides what goes in it

A person in charge of editing and publishing a newspaper or magazine

newspaper editor
  • Literature
12 3.2

A person who chooses stories and manages a newspaper

copy editor
  • Specialized
8 3.4

A person who checks and corrects grammar, spelling, and style in written text before it is published

sports editor
  • Literature
8 3.4

A person who is in charge of sports news in a newspaper or magazine

business editor
  • Literature
4 3.0

An editor at a newspaper or magazine who manages business news

city editor
  • Literature
4 5.1

A newspaper person who manages local news, reporters, and stories

text editor
  • Specialized
4 2.9

A computer program for writing and changing plain text files

1 4.8

A person who chooses and arranges pictures and page layouts for magazines or books

editor program
  • Specialized
3.5

A computer program that changes text or code files

linkage editor
  • Specialized
8.4

A program that combines separate compiled modules into one working file

How Powerful

Emacs
  • Specialized
1 8.3
editor
  • Specialized
41 3.5
editor program
  • Specialized
3.5
text editor
  • Specialized
4 2.9
notepad
6 2.6

Surface Forms

editor singular
editors plural

Morphology

editor = edit (transparent) = edit + or

Software called an 'editor' is named for its function (it edits); the agentive/functional formation from 'edit' is transparent.

Etymology

Editor in computing uses the same root as the word edit and the Latin edere ('to put out'). A computer editor is a program that helps you change and prepare text or images before you 'put them out' or publish them.