Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense proofreads, present participle proofreading
verb
When someone proofreads something such as a book or an article, they read it before it is published in order to find and mark mistakes that need to be corrected.
I didn't even have the chance to proofread my own report. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
proofread in British English
(ˈpruːfˌriːd)
verbWord forms: -reads, -reading or -read (-ˌrɛd)
to read (copy or printer's proofs) to detect and mark errors to be corrected
Derived forms
proofreader (ˈproofˌreader)
noun
proofread in American English
(ˈprufˌrid)
US
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈproofˌread (prufˌrɛd) or ˈproofˌreading (ˈprufˌridɪŋ)
to read and mark corrections on (printers' proofs, etc.)
Derived forms
proofreader (ˈproofˌreader)
noun
Examples of 'proofread' in a sentence
proofread
You lay his clothes out at night, you proofread his homework, you keep track of his phone calls.
Barbara Delinsky SUDDENLY (1993)
In other languages
proofread
British English: proofread VERB
When someone proofreads something such as a book or an article, they read it before it is published in order to find and mark mistakes that need to be corrected.
I didn't even have the chance to proofread my own report.