Revise

/ɹɪˈvaɪz/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

This statute should be revised.

1983, Willard Scott Thompson, Chapter 1: The Third World Revisited, Willard Scott Thompson (editor), The Third World: Premises of U.S. Policy, Revised edition, page 15, The chapter that deals specifically with singular examples is Daniel Pipes′ revised study of the Third World peoples of Soviet Central Asia.

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.

The best writers know better. They write a first draft not to show readers, but to discover what case they can make for their point and whether it stands up to their own scrutiny. Then they revise and revise until they think their readers will think so too.

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

2008, Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, Chapter 19: How to build your memory and revise effectively, Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University, SAGE Publications, UK, page 273.

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.

4 Is it necessary to revise vocabulary (= study it again for a second or third time)? 5 Is it better to revise vocabulary occasionally for long periods of time, or is it better to revise regularly for short periods of time?

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• revises
• revising
• revised

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