Meaning & use
editing suite
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Meanings
nouncountable
A room or set of rooms with special equipment where film, video, or sound is cut and put together.
Grammar: Countable: one suite, two suites; often used with 'in' or 'at' for the place.
Patterns
- in the editing suite
- at an editing suite
- a film editing suite
The director spent three weeks in the editing suite, reshaping the final scene.
Our post-production team works in an editing suite on the fourth floor.
They booked an editing suite to finish the documentary before the festival deadline.
nouncountablecomputing
A collection of software tools used for cutting and arranging video or audio on a computer.
Grammar: Countable and often used with a brand or product name, as in 'a professional editing suite'.
Patterns
- a video editing suite
- an audio editing suite
- use an editing suite
The school bought a new editing suite so students could cut their own short films.
This editing suite handles high-definition video without slowing down your laptop.
She learned to color-correct footage in a free editing suite.
Word forms
| plural | editing suites |
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Common combinations
- a fully equipped editing suite
- The studio has a fully equipped editing suite with soundproof walls.
- book an editing suite
- We need to book an editing suite for the whole of next week.
- work in an editing suite
- He prefers to work in an editing suite rather than at home.
- a digital editing suite
- All the final cuts were made in a digital editing suite.
- editing suite software
- The course covers editing suite software from beginner to advanced level.
Synonyms and how they differ
- cutting room
- An older, more traditional term for the physical place where film is edited; it sounds less technical than 'editing suite'.
- post-production studio
- A broader term for a place where many finishing tasks happen, of which editing is only one.
- editing program
- Use this for the software alone, not for the room; 'editing suite' can mean either.
Word family
Commonly confused: editing suite or sweet? editing suite or edition?
editing suite vs sweet
'Suite' and 'sweet' sound the same in many accents but have no connection; 'suite' here means a set of rooms or tools.
editing suite vs edition
'Edition' means one version of a book or product, while 'editing suite' is the place or software where material is cut.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'editing suite' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Editing suite' is a countable noun for a room or software setup where material is cut, so 'worked late in the editing suite' fits. The other options use it as a verb or confuse it with 'edition' or 'suited'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “editing suite”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.