Definition of Proofread

to look over a work or text in order to edit or amend it

Examples of Proofread in a sentence

After working for four days on her English essay, the high schooler decided to ask her mom to proofread it so that it would be free of mistakes.  🔊

Frequently, the woman’s boss would hand her a document to proofread because he would have been embarrassed to send out anything with a grammatical error on it.  🔊

Publishers will usually proofread an author’s final draft several times requiring the author to correct it before publishing it.  🔊

When the boy received his paper back from the professor, he realized that the professor decided to proofread it due to all of the symbols and marks on his paper.  🔊

Since spelling was such an issue for the woman, she would often have her husband proofread her letters before mailing them out.  🔊

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