proofreading

See also: proof-reading

English

Alternative forms

• proof-reading

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

proofreading

1. present participle and gerund of proofread

Noun

proofreading (countable and uncountable, plural proofreadings)

1. The act or process by which a document is proofread.

   Synonym: (rare) proofread

   We gave the document two proofreadings, to make absolutely sure that no errors would remain.

Related terms

• proofreader

Translations

act or process by which a document is proofread

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校對／校对 (zh) (jiàoduì)

• Finnish: oikoluku (fi)
• German: Korrekturlesen (de) n, Korrektorat (de) n
• Hungarian: korrektúra (hu), korrektúrázás, (also including copyediting, usage, style etc.) nyelvi ellenőrzés
• Icelandic: prófarkalestur m
• Japanese: 校正 (ja) (こうせい, kōsei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korrekturlesning m or f

• Russian: корректу́ра (ru) f (korrektúra), вы́читка (výčitka)
• Spanish: revisión f (de texto, del escrito, etc.)
• Swedish: korrekturläsning (sv) c
• Tagalog: balibasa, himali
• Welsh: prawfddarllen