Other forms: proofreading
To proofread is to read a text hunting for small mistakes before it goes out. Proofread the letter, get somebody to proofread it, proofreading takes longer than people think.
It is the last stage before publication and it is narrower than editing: an editor changes what the text says, a proofreader catches spelling, punctuation and layout errors. The noun for the person is a proofreader. The word comes from proof in the printing sense — a trial copy read for mistakes — which is one of the senses of proof. Note that the past tense is proofread, spelled the same and said with a short e, like read.
1verbproofreadTo read a text looking for small errors before publication.
“Somebody should have proofread the front page.”
proofread is a way of checking text.
From proof + read.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA