"beta-read" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beta-reads [present, singular, third-person], beta-reading [participle, present], beta-read [participle, past], beta-read [past]
Etymology: Compare earlier beta-test (“to test software before its public release”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|beta-test||to test software before its public release}} beta-test (“to test software before its public release”) Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|~}} beta-read (third-person singular simple present beta-reads, present participle beta-reading, simple past and past participle beta-read)
  1. (chiefly fandom slang) To proofread a text, especially fan fiction. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fan fiction
    Sense id: en-beta-read-en-verb-MhROB-GU Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 95 5 Topics: lifestyle

Verb [English]

Etymology: Compare earlier beta-test (“to test software before its public release”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|beta-test||to test software before its public release}} beta-test (“to test software before its public release”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} beta-read
  1. simple past and past participle of beta-read Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: beta-read
    Sense id: en-beta-read-en-verb-pAY3Ih37 Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81

Inflected forms

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