proofread

present singular third person proofreads · participle present proofreading · alternative proof-read

1. intransitivetransitiveTo check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.

   Synonyms: proof, look over, copyedit

plural proofreads · alternative proof-read

1. rareSynonym of proofreading.

   I want to thank Sherri and Dee Humphreys, Mark Randolph and Paul Gonzalez for their proofreads and input.

   2002, Rick Turnbull, “Acknowledgements”, in Gum’s Story: A Novel, Augusta, Ga.: Harbor House, →ISBN

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   At 3:30 she put the finishing touches on her memo, printed it, gave it a proofread, then handed it to the attorney.

   1999, James Scott Bell, “Part Three: The Fallen”, in Final Witness, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, published 2003, →ISBN, chapter four, page 515

   To Veronique Kaemerer and her eng. 101 students, Michael Horanburg and Brady Meador for their proofreads.

   2013, Ray Ayles, “Acknowledgements”, in Love’s Promise Is Forever, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, page [3]

   Triple-check spellings, dates, and addresses, and ask someone to give it a proofread before you send your newsletter out.

   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

   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.

   2017, Donna Alward, chapter 7, in Somebody’s Baby (A Darling, VT Novel), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 104

   Synonyms: proofreading