"proofread" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/ [infinitive], /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/ [participle, past] Audio: en-us-proofread.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proofread.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proofreads [plural]
Etymology: From proof + read. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|proof|read}} proof + read Head templates: {{en-noun}} proofread (plural proofreads)
  1. (rare) Synonym of proofreading. Tags: rare Synonyms: proofreading [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-proofread-en-noun-DSjLVcBJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: proof-read

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/ [infinitive], /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/ [participle, past] Audio: en-us-proofread.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proofread.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proofreads [present, singular, third-person], proofreading [participle, present], proofread [participle, past], proofread [past]
Etymology: From proof + read. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|proof|read}} proof + read Head templates: {{en-verb|proofreads|proofreading|proofread}} proofread (third-person singular simple present proofreads, present participle proofreading, simple past and past participle proofread)
  1. (transitive and intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Books, Publishing Synonyms: proof, look over (english: esp. quickly), copyedit Hypernyms: examine Derived forms: proofreader, proofreading Coordinate_terms: prooflisten Translations (to check for errors in spelling and grammar): نَقَّحَ (naqqaḥa) (Arabic), սրբագրել (srbagrel) (Armenian), zuzendu (Basque), коригирам (korigiram) (Bulgarian), проверявам (proverjavam) (Bulgarian), 校對 (Chinese Mandarin), 校对 (jiàoduì) (Chinese Mandarin), provést korekturu [perfective] (Czech), kontrolovat [imperfective] (Czech), opravovat [imperfective] (Czech), proeflezen (Dutch), provlegi (Esperanto), oikolukea (Finnish), korjauslukea (Finnish), relire (French), Korrektur lesen (German), הִגִּיהַּ (higgíah) (Hebrew), korrektúráz (Hungarian), prófarkalesa (Icelandic), léigh profaí (Irish), profáil (Irish), correggere bozze (Italian), 校正する (kōsei suru) (alt: こうせい) (Japanese), 교정을 보다 (gyojeong'eul boda) (Korean), 교정하다 (gyojeonghada) (Korean), robić korektę (Polish), poprawiać (Polish), revisar (Portuguese), корректи́ровать (korrektírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), revisar (Spanish), corregir (Spanish), korrekturläsa (Swedish), prawfddarllen (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-proofread-en-verb-yXw4H5MV Disambiguation of Books: 15 85 Disambiguation of Publishing: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: proof-read

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          "roman": "proverjavam",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
          "word": "校對"
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
          "word": "profáil"
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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          "word": "корректи́ровать"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
          "word": "revisar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
          "word": "corregir"
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          "ref": "1999, James Scott Bell, “Part Three: The Fallen”, in Final Witness, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, published 2003, chapter four, page 515",
          "text": "At 3:30 she put the finishing touches on her memo, printed it, gave it a proofread, then handed it to the attorney.",
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          "ref": "2002, Rick Turnbull, “Acknowledgements”, in Gum’s Story: A Novel, Augusta, Ga.: Harbor House",
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          "ref": "2013, Ray Ayles, “Acknowledgements”, in Love’s Promise Is Forever, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, page [3]",
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          "ref": "2016, Rosalind Davis, Annabel Tilley, “[Communication] Newsletters”, in What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School: What You Need to Know to Survive as an Artist, London: Hachette UK, page 57",
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          "ref": "2017, Donna Alward, chapter 7, in Somebody’s Baby (A Darling, VT Novel), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, page 104",
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    {
      "word": "copyedit"
    },
    {
      "word": "proof-read"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqqaḥa",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "نَقَّحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "srbagrel",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "սրբագրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "zuzendu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "korigiram",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "коригирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proverjavam",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "проверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "校對"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàoduì",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "校对"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "provést korekturu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kontrolovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opravovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "proeflezen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "provlegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "oikolukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "korjauslukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "relire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "Korrektur lesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "higgíah",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "הִגִּיהַּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "korrektúráz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "prófarkalesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "léigh profaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "profáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "correggere bozze"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsei suru",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "校正する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyojeong'eul boda",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "교정을 보다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyojeonghada",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "교정하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "robić korektę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "poprawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "revisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korrektírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "корректи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "revisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "corregir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "korrekturläsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "prawfddarllen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Proofreading"
  ],
  "word": "proofread"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Books",
    "en:Publishing"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "proof",
        "3": "read"
      },
      "expansion": "proof + read",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From proof + read.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proofreads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proofread (plural proofreads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1999, James Scott Bell, “Part Three: The Fallen”, in Final Witness, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, published 2003, chapter four, page 515",
          "text": "At 3:30 she put the finishing touches on her memo, printed it, gave it a proofread, then handed it to the attorney.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Rick Turnbull, “Acknowledgements”, in Gum’s Story: A Novel, Augusta, Ga.: Harbor House",
          "text": "I want to thank Sherri and Dee Humphreys, Mark Randolph and Paul Gonzalez for their proofreads and input.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Ray Ayles, “Acknowledgements”, in Love’s Promise Is Forever, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, page [3]",
          "text": "To Veronique Kaemerer and her eng. 101 students, Michael Horanburg and Brady Meador for their proofreads.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Rosalind Davis, Annabel Tilley, “[Communication] Newsletters”, in What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School: What You Need to Know to Survive as an Artist, London: Hachette UK, page 57",
          "text": "Triple-check spellings, dates, and addresses, and ask someone to give it a proofread before you send your newsletter out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Donna Alward, chapter 7, in Somebody’s Baby (A Darling, VT Novel), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, page 104",
          "text": "If you send it to me, I’ll copy and paste it into the page. I’ll give it a proofread, too, if you like.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of proofreading."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proofreading",
          "proofreading#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Synonym of proofreading."
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "proofreading"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-proofread.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-us-proofread.ogg/En-us-proofread.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/En-us-proofread.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proofread.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proofread.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proofread.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proofread.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-proofread.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "proof-read"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Proofreading"
  ],
  "word": "proofread"
}

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