proofread

[ proof-reed ]
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verb (used with object),proof·read [proof-red], /ˈprufˌrɛd/, proof·read·ing [proof-ree-ding]. /ˈprufˌri dɪŋ/.
  1. to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.

verb (used without object),proof·read [proof-red], /ˈprufˌrɛd/, proof·read·ing [proof-ree-ding]. /ˈprufˌri dɪŋ/.
  1. to read printers' proofs, copy, etc., to detect and mark errors, especially as an employee of a typesetting firm, newspaper office, or publishing house.

Origin of proofread

1
1930–35; back formation from proofreader (see proof, read1)

Other words from proofread

  • proofreader, noun
  • un·proof·read [uhn-proof-red], /ʌnˈprufˌrɛd/, adjective

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How to use proofread in a sentence

  • And you may tell your proofreader that the letter r has never been popular in the South since the war.

  • Dat new proofreader gives me de creeps, said a voice behind Joan and Chub, and there was Bossy.

    Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds
  • He was a middle-aged man, and seemed rather dignified for a proofreader, with his gray hair and blue eyes.

    Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds

British Dictionary definitions for proofread

proofread

/ (ˈpruːfˌriːd) /


verb-reads, -reading or -read (-ˌrɛd)
  1. to read (copy or printer's proofs) to detect and mark errors to be corrected

Derived forms of proofread

  • proofreader, noun

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