edited

1. 1
   adjective

   Differing from the first version as a result of changes, corrections, or revisions made to it.

   The edited manuscript was much tighter than the author's first draft.

   Viewers complained that the edited broadcast left out several key moments.

   Similaramended, abridged, cut

   Oppositeunedited, original, uncut, raw

   Note

   As an adjective it takes degrees, so one version can be more edited than another, and the most edited cut is the one furthest from where it began. That gradability is the quickest way to tell it from the past-tense verb. Compare an edited broadcast, which describes the result, with someone edited the broadcast, which reports an action.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of edit.

   The publisher edited the chapter for clarity before printing.

   The footage was carefully edited to remove the long pauses.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs here: the plain past (she edited the chapter) and the participle after have or be (it has been edited, it was edited). The verb reaches well beyond text. Footage, photographs, websites and even the DNA of a chromosome can all be edited. On a title page, edited by names the person who served as the publication's editor.

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