proofreading
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verb (used with object)
1.
to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
verb (used without object)
2.
to read printers' proofs, copy, etc., to detect and mark errors, especially as an employee of a typesetting firm, newspaper office, or publishing house.
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| —vb , -reads, -reading, -read | |
| to read (copy or printer's proofs) to detect and mark errors to be corrected | |
| 'proofreader | |
| —n | |
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Proofreading
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
proofreading
reading and marking corrections on a proof or other copy of the text of articles and books before publication. Proofreading dates from the early days of printing. A contract of 1499 held the author finally responsible for correction of proofs. In modern practice, proofs are made first from a galley, a long tray holding a column of type, and hence are called galley proofs; the term is sometimes also used for the first copy produced in photocomposition and other forms of typesetting that do not involve metal type.
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Example sentences
It's my own fault, for screwing things up at the proofreading stage.
Even cursory proofreading would have caught some of the egregious errors that find their way into student papers.
It's not as though proofreading instructions are arbitrary and frivolous.
Writing, editing and proofreading your book manuscript is the first step.
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