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.
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copy-edit
vb
(Journalism & Publishing) journalism to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc
copy editor n
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copy-edit
Past participle: copy-edited
Gerund: copy-editing
| Imperative |
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| copy-edit |
| copy-edit |
| Present |
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| I copy-edit |
| you copy-edit |
| he/she/it copy-edits |
| we copy-edit |
| you copy-edit |
| they copy-edit |
| Preterite |
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| I copy-edited |
| you copy-edited |
| he/she/it copy-edited |
| we copy-edited |
| you copy-edited |
| they copy-edited |
| Present Continuous |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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