proofread

See also: proof-read

English

Etymology

proof +‎ read

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• (infinitive) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/
• (simple past, past participle) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/

Verb

proofread (third-person singular simple present proofreads, present participle proofreading, simple past and past participle proofread)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.

Coordinate terms

• prooflisten

Derived terms

• proofreader
• proofreading

Translations

to check for errors in spelling and grammar

• Arabic: نَقَّح‎ (naqqaḥ)
• Armenian: սրբագրել (hy) (srbagrel)
• Basque: zuzendu
• Bulgarian: корегирам (koregiram), проверявам (bg) (proverjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校對 (zh), 校对 (zh) (jiàoduì)

• Dutch: proeflezen
• Esperanto: provlegi
• Finnish: oikolukea, korjauslukea
• French: relire (fr)
• German: Korrektur lesen
• Hungarian: korrektúráz

• Icelandic: prófarkalesa
• Irish: léigh profaí, profáil
• Italian: correggere bozze
• Japanese: 校正する (ja) (こうせい, kōsei suru)
• Korean: 교정을 보다 (gyojeong'eul boda), 교정하다 (ko) (gyojeonghada)
• Polish: robić korektę, poprawiać (pl)
• Portuguese: revisar (pt)
• Russian: корректи́ровать (ru) impf (korrektírovatʹ)
• Spanish: corregir pruebas
• Swedish: korrekturläsa (sv)
• Welsh: prawfddarllen

See also

• copy edit