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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
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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
Your article would also have benefited from better editing and proofreading.
The book includes editing and proofreading exercises and a section on capitalization and punctuation.
Proofreading was done by hand and ink, and mistakes were corrected by recasting the type.
Even now, writers of all ages catch fewer errors when proofreading their own work printed in legible fonts than in difficult ones.
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