Definition of proofread in English:
proofread
verb ˈpruːfriːdˈprufˌrid
Read (printer's proofs or other written or printed material) and mark any errors.
they must revise and proofread their worktypesetting from the writer's keystrokes reduces the need for proofreading- I will continue to update often since most of the other chapters are already written, but are still being proofread.
- After that, the same editor or another editor should proofread the manuscript and correct typos, grammatical errors and misspelled words.
- I never got a chance to see layouts beforehand, approve changes, or proofread anything.
- Make sure it's well written and proofread your letter carefully.
- My piece for the local book periodical is in the electronic mail this evening; I must have proofread it about five times.
- They note that they have not been proofread, and that there may be errors in the number counts or even the voting records themselves.
- Because of his father's occupation as a printer, Fuller developed early on a love of reading and writing, particularly when Fuller's father asked him to proofread some of his work.
- It's fine to help explain an assignment or proofread an occasional paper, but make sure both of you are pulling your own weight.
- Already in high school, he had indexed and proofread his father Irwin's texbook, and, by all accounts, had improved it in other nontrivial ways.
- Proofread everything a hundred times and have one other person proofread it.
- If I had that kind of influence, all my students would do the reading every week, proofread their papers meticulously and attend every class.
- Final drafts of essays, assignments and lab reports are reviewed and proofread by highly knowledgable graduate students with refined writing skills.
- He made no effort to publish them and did not bother to correct or proofread those his acting company printed.
- Later, I applied for a job in the advertising department of a magazine, and while working there wrote some articles and proofread the magazine each month.
- The next chapter (thirty-whatever) is in the process of being proofread.
- Such companies will translate, edit, and proofread your material, and gather it all into the proper format, usually for between 20 cents and 30 cents a word.
- Even when authors carefully check their work, and editors edit it and proofreaders proofread it, things go wrong.
- I had a chance to proofread the book for Peter during the writing process, and I can tell you that this is the complete reference guide to all aspects of computer virus research.
- Though I skimmed through things as I wrote it, it has not been proofread.
- After translation into these languages, the PIE was proofread for accuracy by different professional translators in the same translation agency.
Derivatives
proofreader
- Was the poor publisher supposed to pay top dollar for a team of world-class typesetters and proofreaders and then sell the thing for next to nothing?
- Despite our unflagging efforts, aided by outside proofreaders, typos still crop up from time to time.
- Typos appear in virtually every book, and it's up to the proofreaders and typesetters to root them out.
- If this is to be done, at a minimum, a typesetter and proofreader should be employed to improve the look of the book and avoid the annoying level of basic errors in the text.
- Even when authors carefully check their work, and editors edit it and proofreaders proofread it, things go wrong.
noun ˈpruːfriːdəˈprufˌridər
Definition of proofread in US English:
proofread
verbˈprufˌridˈpro͞ofˌrēd
[with object]Read (printer's proofs or other written or printed material) and mark any errors.
they must revise and proofread their worktypesetting from the writer's keystrokes reduces the need for proofreading- Though I skimmed through things as I wrote it, it has not been proofread.
- Even when authors carefully check their work, and editors edit it and proofreaders proofread it, things go wrong.
- He made no effort to publish them and did not bother to correct or proofread those his acting company printed.
- After translation into these languages, the PIE was proofread for accuracy by different professional translators in the same translation agency.
- I never got a chance to see layouts beforehand, approve changes, or proofread anything.
- Such companies will translate, edit, and proofread your material, and gather it all into the proper format, usually for between 20 cents and 30 cents a word.
- My piece for the local book periodical is in the electronic mail this evening; I must have proofread it about five times.
- Proofread everything a hundred times and have one other person proofread it.
- They note that they have not been proofread, and that there may be errors in the number counts or even the voting records themselves.
- Final drafts of essays, assignments and lab reports are reviewed and proofread by highly knowledgable graduate students with refined writing skills.
- Already in high school, he had indexed and proofread his father Irwin's texbook, and, by all accounts, had improved it in other nontrivial ways.
- Make sure it's well written and proofread your letter carefully.
- After that, the same editor or another editor should proofread the manuscript and correct typos, grammatical errors and misspelled words.
- The next chapter (thirty-whatever) is in the process of being proofread.
- Later, I applied for a job in the advertising department of a magazine, and while working there wrote some articles and proofread the magazine each month.
- It's fine to help explain an assignment or proofread an occasional paper, but make sure both of you are pulling your own weight.
- I will continue to update often since most of the other chapters are already written, but are still being proofread.
- If I had that kind of influence, all my students would do the reading every week, proofread their papers meticulously and attend every class.
- I had a chance to proofread the book for Peter during the writing process, and I can tell you that this is the complete reference guide to all aspects of computer virus research.
- Because of his father's occupation as a printer, Fuller developed early on a love of reading and writing, particularly when Fuller's father asked him to proofread some of his work.