word-vault/dist/data/cards/ed/editor.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "editor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is in charge of a newspaper, magazine, etc., or part of one, and who decides what should be included",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the editor of the Washington Post"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a newspaper/magazine editor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sports/financial/fashion editor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a contributing/deputy editor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got a job as a web editor on the local paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was associate editor at the magazine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is a former editor of the journal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On page 12, our City editor comments on the takeover bid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Russell did a terrific job as book review editor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's the editor of a national magazine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing", "TV, radio and news", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "executive", "managing"],
                "phrases": ["a letter to the editor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who prepares a book or other written material to be published, for example by checking and correcting the text, making improvements, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Jenny Cook is a freelance writer and editor based in New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He finally got a position as an assistant editor at a small publishing house."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["general", "assistant", "senior"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who prepares a film, radio or television programme for being shown or broadcast by deciding what to include, and what order it should be in",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Kazan hired him as cameraman, editor and producer for ‘The Visitors’ (1972)."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["general", "assistant", "senior"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person who works as a journalist for radio or television reporting on a particular area of news",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "our economics editor"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Jobs"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person who chooses texts written by one or by several writers and prepares them to be published in a book",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's the editor of a new collection of ghost stories."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["general", "assistant", "senior"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a program that allows you to change stored text or data",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are hundreds of different web editors on the market."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "ed/editor/editor__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedɪtər/",
                "audio": "ed/editor/editor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘producer (of games), publisher’, from edit- ‘produced, put out’, from the verb edere."
}