(to) copy-edit
1copy-edit — ► VERB ▪ edit (text) by checking its consistency and accuracy. DERIVATIVES copy editor noun …
2copy-edit — copˈy edit transitive verb To prepare (newspaper copy, etc) for printing by correcting errors, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑copy * * * ˈcopy edit [copy edit copy edits copy edited copy editing] …
3copy-edit — verb edit (text) by checking its consistency and accuracy. Derivatives copy editor noun …
4copy edit — verb To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing …
5copy editor — copy edit ► VERB ▪ edit (text) by checking its consistency and accuracy. DERIVATIVES copy editor noun …
6copy editor — ☆ copy editor n. a person whose work is editing and correcting the grammar, punctuation, etc. of articles or manuscripts, as in a newspaper office or publishing house copy edit [käp′ē ed΄it] vt. * * * …
7copy editor — copy .editor n someone whose job is to make sure that the words in a book, newspaper etc are correct and ready to be printed >copy edit v [I and T] …
8copy editor — ☆ copy editor n. a person whose work is editing and correcting the grammar, punctuation, etc. of articles or manuscripts, as in a newspaper office or publishing house copy edit [käp′ē ed΄it] vt …
9copy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document/work of art ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, faithful, good ▪ cheap, crude, poor ▪ It was not the original painting, but a crude copy …
10copy — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a thing made to imitate or be identical to another. 2 a single specimen of a publication or issue (ordered twenty copies). 3 a matter to be printed. b material for a newspaper or magazine article (scandals make good copy).… …
