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noun

• A change to the text of a document.

• A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

• An interruption or change to an improvised scene.

• An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.

verb

• To change a text, or a document.

• To be the editor of a publication.

  Example: He edits the Chronicle.

• To change the contents of a file, website, etc.

  Example: Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

• To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.

• To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.

• To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.

• To lend itself to editing in a certain way.