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verb (used with object)

to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.

verb (used without object)

to read printers' proofs, copy, etc., to detect and mark errors, especially as an employee of a typesetting firm, newspaper office, or publishing house.

Origin:
1930–35; back formation from proofreader (see proof, read)

Related forms

proof·read·er, noun

un·proof·read, adjective

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proofread (ˈpruːfˌriːd)

—vb , -reads, -reading, -read
	to read (copy or printer's proofs) to detect and mark errors to be corrected

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—n

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