English Dictionary

EDITORSHIP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does editorship mean? 

EDITORSHIP (noun)
  The noun EDITORSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the position of editorplay

  Familiarity information: EDITORSHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EDITORSHIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of editor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("editorship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

editor (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))


 Context examples 


If I fail as a writer, I shall have proved for the career of editorship.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But when he explained that the tragedy was an early effort of his literary childhood, and that the magazine had refused to be happy unless it got it, a great laugh went up at the magazine's expense and a change in the editorship followed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Little by little and bit by bit." (English proverb)

"It is more becoming to have a large nose than two small ones" (Breton proverb)

"To buy cheap is to buy twice." (Catalan proverb)

"Too many cooks ruin the food." (Danish proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact