Copyedit

Quick meaning: Copyedit is a verb meaning The process or act of copyediting a document.

Meaning

The process or act of copyediting a document.

More Meanings

1. The result of copyediting a document.
2. A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
3. (transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.

Example Sentences

A copyedit is the final type of edit performed on documents.

The copyedit may be strictly mechanical or may include stylistic changes.

Your production editor will probably not contact you until the due date of the copyedit is established in-house.

Memoirs of a Bastard Angel contains so many amazing howlers that it seems barely to have been copyedited or proofread.

Word Forms

• copyedits
• copyediting
• copyedited
• copy edit
• copy-edit

Synonyms for copyedit

Depending on context, synonyms include subedit, copyread.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include copyread, subedit, copy-edit, edit, postedit, emend.

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