collocation · informal
edit a video
UK/ˈɛdɪt ə ˈvɪdɪəʊ/US/ˈɛdɪt ə ˈvɪdioʊ/ED·it a VID·eo
Band 5-6speakingtask1
to change and arrange recorded video material to make a finished product
Examples
“I need to edit the video before uploading it to my channel.”
“She edits videos for a living.”
“He spent the afternoon editing the video highlights.”
Band 8 sentence
“She edited the lecture videos to create concise, student-friendly summaries complete with subtitles.”
Collocations
- video editor
- edit footage
Word family
edit verbeditor nounediting noun/gerund
Common mistakes
cut the video only→edit a video
save the video (instead of edit)→edit a video
Say it for a higher band
5cut a video→6make a video→7+edit a video
Synonyms
cut a video
Easily confused
cut a video
“He cut the video to remove the long pauses.”
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