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Definition of Proofread
1. Verb. Read for errors. "I should proofread my manuscripts"
Entails: Read
Generic synonyms: Ascertain, Assure, Check, Control, Ensure, Insure, See, See To It
Derivative terms: Proof, Proofreader
Definition of Proofread
1. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proofread
1. [v -READ, -READING, -READS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofread
Literary usage of Proofread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"Have administrators proofread your team's policy statements, ... Have someone
else on the team or department proofread it, if you're concerned. ..."
2. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"Heather White Today we proofread each of our papers. It was kind of fun reading
other ... I think that it helps me as much as the student I proofread for. ..."
3. Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers by Martha Horn, Mary Ellen Giacobbe (2007)
"Besides understanding why we proofread, we need to teach them how to proofread.
From the start, we want them to be successful, so we need to make it doable. ..."
4. Dissemination by Design: Reaching the Elderly With Information by Stephanie Karsten, Dale Kasab (1991)
"proofread, proofread, proofread. It is embarrassingly easy for simple typographical
errors to creep in. Have someone other than the writer or typist proof ..."
5. Eyewitness to the Past: Strategies for Teaching American History in Grades 5-12by Joan Brodsky Schur by Joan Brodsky Schur (2007)
"TA Fig 5.2 From advertisements students can learn how similar and different life
in the past was to life today. commented on, and proofread by several other ..."
6. Guided Report Writing by Jill Norris (1999)
"... else for: ideas that make sense and are in the proper order paragraphing
capitalization punctuation spelling Final copy finished. Rnal copy proofread. ..."
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