"proofread" meaning in English

See proofread in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/, /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/ Audio: en-us-proofread.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proofread.wav 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

IPA: /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/, /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/ Audio: en-us-proofread.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proofread.wav 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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: proof-read

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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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",
          "word": "Korrektur lesen"
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          "roman": "higgíah",
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          "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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      "word": "սրբագրել"
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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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      "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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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "relire"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
      "word": "Korrektur lesen"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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      "word": "korrektúráz"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "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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      "word": "correggere bozze"
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      "sense": "to check for errors in spelling and grammar",
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      "word": "교정을 보다"
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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": "revisar"
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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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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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          "ref": "2002, Rick Turnbull, “Acknowledgements”, in Gum’s Story: A Novel, Augusta, Ga.: Harbor House, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2013, Ray Ayles, “Acknowledgements”, in Love’s Promise Is Forever, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "Triple-check spellings, dates, and addresses, and ask someone to give it a proofread before you send your newsletter out.",
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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, →ISBN, page 104:",
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