editorial department
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- noun
- /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəl dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
- Literature
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departamento editorial
- Each member of the editorial department contributes to the final decisions on content and layout.
Examples
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Only last week, I suggested to my editorial department that we use Notebook for our clip library.
Blog text (25) -
It was large enough to house the newspaper's sales department, the production department, and the editorial department.
Fiction book (2000) -
The editorial department met all day with the marketing department all day.
Fiction book (2002) -
Our weak spot is the editorial department.
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From 1986 to 1990, he served as acting director of the editorial department of the China Daily in Beijing.
Academic text (1993) -
Hometown ledes came out of the editorial department and sought to help newspapers save money by making it so they didn't have to send reporters to every away game.
Blog text (31) -
As for houses farming out all the editorial work on books, having worked at two in the editorial department, and knowing many other editors in the industry, I can say that it's just patently not true that most editing is done outside of the house.
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The editorial department is responsible for reviewing articles before they are published.
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The company’s editorial department collaborated with writers to ensure high-quality materials.
Synonyms
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A team in a newspaper that edits and manages local news
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'editorial' (relating to editing) and 'department' (an organizational unit), so its meaning as the unit responsible for editing is directly derivable from its constituents. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary noun-modifier logic, making it immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Editorial department comes from the clear image of many editors working together in one department or office, reading and correcting pages to 'edit' them before they are published. So, it means the part of a publisher that checks and improves material before publication.