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editorial

editorial

62 4.4
Used for the work of a person who prepares and checks articles before publication
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəl/
translation icon : editorial
  • The editorial committee met to discuss changes to the magazine's layout.
  • editorial board
  • editorial team
  • editorial staff

He trusted the editorial staff to Fact Check it.

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Examples

  • I'll be seeing him at the editorial meeting in Munich in September and I shall be perfectly civil.

  • You know, we have editorial meetings.

  • But the editorial part comes in with, well, he said four things.

  • Our current needs, our particular needs, our needs at this time, our editorial needs, our current editorial needs.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The third thing is, as I see my role as CEO of Square, my role, I think of it as an editorial function.

  • Now listen, we need to counsel with him for a minute about his editorial approach.

  • What makes this journal unique is that young people sit alongside experts on the editorial board.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We also thank Kelly Brady, editorial assistant, for her work tracking manuscripts.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The Newspaper Guild is organizing clerical and editorial staff for book publishing.

  • Special thanks to Peter Cocks for his editorial advice and, as always, his superb bibliographical help.

    Academic text (1999)

Compounds

1 3.4

The section of a publisher that checks and prepares writing before publication

editorial section
  • Literature
1 4.2

The part of a newspaper or magazine that has opinions about news

editorial file
  • Literature
5.8

A set of documents ready to be printed or published

Surface Forms

editorial positive

Morphology

editorial = editor (transparent) = editor + ial

Adjectival derivation indicating relation to editing duties or the role of an editor; directly derivable from the base word.

Etymology

Editorial also comes from editor and edit, and it can mean 'relating to editing' or the work an editor does.