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copyreading

copyreading is the present participle and gerund of copyread.

Meaning of copyread

Verb

copyread (third-person singular simple present copyreads, present participle copyreading, simple past and past participle copyread)

  1. To read text (of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes.

Questions about copyreading

What is copyreading the present participle and gerund of?
Copyreading is the present participle and gerund of copyread.

Words near copyreading in the dictionary

  1. copypasto
  2. copypastos
  3. copyread
  4. copyreader
  5. copyreaders
  6. copyreading
  7. copyreads
  8. copyreich
  9. copyright
  10. copyright infringement
  11. copyright infringements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: copyreading (page history and authors); copyread (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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