Prooflisten

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To listen, usually to a recording, for errors. ambitransitive

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From proof + listen, modelled on earlier proofread.

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