Sekirov Dictionary

copyedit

noun 3
verb 1
forms 4

noun3

•
The process or act of copyediting a document.
- A copyedit is the final type of edit performed on documents. — 1996
•
The result of copyediting a document.
- Your production editor will probably not contact you until the due date of the copyedit is established in-house. — 2006
•
A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
- For example, if the author is responsible for inserting the copyedits into the source files, then there are repercussions later on when changes are made during the page formatting stage. — 1991

verb1

•
To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
- Memoirs of a Bastard Angel contains so many amazing howlers that it seems barely to have been copyedited or proofread. — 1990

forms

copyedited · copy-editing · copyediting · copyedits

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