[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor editorof; direct the editorial policies of.", "to collect, prepare, and arrange (materials) for publication.", "to revise or correct, as a manuscript.", "to expunge; eliminate (often followed byout):The author has edited out all references to his own family.", "to add (usually followed byin).", "to prepare (motion-picture film, video or magnetic tape) by deleting, arranging, and splicing, by synchronizing the sound record with the film, etc.", "Genetics.to alter the arrangement of (genes).", "Computers.to modify or add to (data or text)."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an instance of or the work of editing:automated machinery that allows a rapid edit of incoming news."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["edited.", "edition.", "editor."]}]