copyeditEtymologyBack-formation from copy editor.nounThe process or act of copyediting a document.“A copyedit is the final type of edit performed on documents.”The result of copyediting a document.“Your production editor will probably not contact you until the due date of the copyedit is established in-house.”A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.“For example, if the author is responsible for inserting the copyedits into the source files, then there are repercussions later on when changes are made during the page formatting stage.”verbTo correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.“Memoirs of a Bastard Angel contains so many amazing howlers that it seems barely to have been copyedited or proofread.”