copyedit
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
Transitive verb
noun
The process or act of copyediting a document.
noun
The result of copyediting a document.
Example Sentences
- "Memoirs of a Bastard Angel contains so many amazing howlers that it seems barely to have been copyedited or proofread."
- "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."
- "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."
- "The copyedits in science.net — a game designed for middle school students — were somewhat less blunt, but they were supposed to retain the other salient features of the original."
Etymology
Back-formation from copy editor.