copyedit
verb (used with object)
to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
copyedited
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past participleof copyedit.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof copyedit.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
copyeditverb (used with object)to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
Example Sentences
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One stack of papers was a copyedited manuscript—basically a printout from a computer file that had been marked up in colored pencil with a bunch of edit marks.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
