copy-edit

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cop·y·ed·it

or copy edit also cop·y-ed·it (kŏp′ē-ĕd′ĭt)

tr.v. cop·y·ed·it·ed, cop·y·ed·it·ing, cop·y·ed·its

To correct and prepare (a manuscript, for example) for publication.

copy-edit

(Journalism & Publishing) journalism to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc

copy editor n

copy-edit

Past participle: copy-edited
Gerund: copy-editing

Imperative
copy-edit
copy-edit

Present
I copy-edit
you copy-edit
he/she/it copy-edits
we copy-edit
you copy-edit
they copy-edit

Preterite
I copy-edited
you copy-edited
he/she/it copy-edited
we copy-edited
you copy-edited
they copy-edited

Present Continuous
I am copy-editing
you are copy-editing
he/she/it is copy-editing
we are copy-editing
you are copy-editing
they are copy-editing

Present Perfect
I have copy-edited
you have copy-edited
he/she/it has copy-edited
we have copy-edited
you have copy-edited
they have copy-edited

Past Continuous
I was copy-editing
you were copy-editing
he/she/it was copy-editing
we were copy-editing
you were copy-editing
they were copy-editing

Past Perfect
I had copy-edited
you had copy-edited
he/she/it had copy-edited
we had copy-edited
you had copy-edited
they had copy-edited

Future
I will copy-edit
you will copy-edit
he/she/it will copy-edit
we will copy-edit
you will copy-edit
they will copy-edit

Future Perfect
I will have copy-edited
you will have copy-edited
he/she/it will have copy-edited
we will have copy-edited
you will have copy-edited
they will have copy-edited

Future Continuous
I will be copy-editing
you will be copy-editing
he/she/it will be copy-editing
we will be copy-editing
you will be copy-editing
they will be copy-editing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been copy-editing
you have been copy-editing
he/she/it has been copy-editing
we have been copy-editing
you have been copy-editing
they have been copy-editing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been copy-editing
you will have been copy-editing
he/she/it will have been copy-editing
we will have been copy-editing
you will have been copy-editing
they will have been copy-editing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been copy-editing
you had been copy-editing
he/she/it had been copy-editing
we had been copy-editing
you had been copy-editing
they had been copy-editing

Conditional
I would copy-edit
you would copy-edit
he/she/it would copy-edit
we would copy-edit
you would copy-edit
they would copy-edit

Past Conditional
I would have copy-edited
you would have copy-edited
he/she/it would have copy-edited
we would have copy-edited
you would have copy-edited
they would have copy-edited

Translations

copy-edit

[ˈkɒpɪˈedɪt] VT → editar y corregir

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References in periodicals archive ?

Contract awarded for Conduct Research and to prepare a detailed report on 12 hawker centres, copy-writing and copy-editing which will then be copy-edited for the following applications: Heritage Markers for each of the hawker centres, a Food Trail, and an associated Trail Map.

Conduct Research And To Prepare A Detailed Report On 12 Hawker Centres, Copy-writing And Copy-editing Which Will Then Be Copy-edited For The Following Applications: Heritage Markers For Each Of The Hawker Centres, A Food Trail, And An Associated Trail Map

I am perhaps most in debt to Raffaella Baccolini of the Universita degli Studi di Bologna Forli who has copy-edited the book reviews for many years and, given the high quality of that work, much of my own work wherever published.

Editorial

His weekly Outlook column is copy-edited, he said, but no one is looking over his shoulder telling him what he can or cannot write about.

Post ombudsman connects readers and journalists: reader advocate funnels feedback into newsroom

Individuals at libraries subscribing to EER can now read forthcoming papers after they have been peer-reviewed but before they have been copy-edited and printed.