Revise

Quick meaning: Revise is a verb meaning To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

Meaning

To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
2. A review or a revision.
3. (printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
4. (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.

Example Sentences

This statute should be revised.

I've only just begun to revise for my exams.

There has been a demand for a revised edition of my English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur′an since the end of the Second World War.

In revising your notes, you can also reorganize them so that they are more legible, better arranged, and in a more useful condition for subsequent reviews.

Word Forms

• revises
• revising
• revised

Synonyms for revise

Depending on context, synonyms include overhaul, review, revision, rescript, revisal, retool.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include revisal, retool, revision, rescript, reconsideration, rethinking.

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