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proof-listen

proof-listen is the alternative form of prooflisten.

Meaning of prooflisten

Verb

prooflisten (third-person singular simple present prooflistens, present participle prooflistening, simple past and past participle prooflistened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To listen, usually to a recording, for errors.
    • Then we prooflistened to the entire recording against the drafted transcript, and proofread, revised, and edited again, and then prepared each manuscript for publication in book form.1975, Calvin W. Taylor, Robert L. Ellison, “Moving Toward Working Models in Creativity: Utah Creativity Experiences and Insights”, in Irving A. Taylor, J.W. Getzels, editors, Perspectives in...

Forms of proof-listen

third-person singular presentproof-listens
present participleproof-listening
past participleproof-listened
pastproof-listened

Questions about proof-listen

What is proof-listen the alternative form of?
Proof-listen is the alternative form of prooflisten.

Words near proof-listen in the dictionary

  1. proof sheets
  2. proof spirit
  3. proof spirits
  4. proof system
  5. proof systems
  6. proof-listen
  7. proof-listened
  8. proof-listener
  9. proof-listeners
  10. proof-listening
  11. proof-listens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proof-listen (page history and authors); prooflisten (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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