editor
part of speech
noun (an editor, editors)
meaning for a pupil
1) An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. tree →
2) An editor is the person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or part of one. tree →
3) An editor is a person who cuts and puts together film or video. tree →
4) In computing, an editor is a program for changing text, pictures or code. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Modern scholars suggest an editor joined together several early layers of Sefer Yetzirah, while tradition says Abraham wrote it. In the primary lessons: In writing lessons, pupils «edit» their work (check spelling and punctuation) like an editor. The school newspaper has a pupil editor. Coders write in a code editor.
examples
- These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Some late editors to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- The editor fixed all my spelling mistakes. tree →
- She is the editor of the school magazine. tree →
- The film editor cut the boring parts. tree →
- Open the file in a text editor. tree →
- The newspaper editor chose the front page story. tree →
- Swap your story with a partner and be their editor. tree →
- Better go and hire a hall," remarked the sporting editor, with a yawn. tree →
note
Use «an»: an editor. Verb: edit. Female editors are also just «editor».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «editor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.