Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To alter or edit (a text).
- intransitive verb To reconsider and change or modify: synonym: correct.
- intransitive verb Chiefly British To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.
- intransitive verb To make revisions, as in a text.
- intransitive verb Chiefly British To study something again; review.
- noun Informal An act or product of revising; a revision.
- noun Printing A proof made from an earlier proof on which corrections have been made.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A revision; a review and correction.
- noun In printing, a proof-sheet to be examined by the reviser.
- To look carefully over with a view to correction; go over in order to suggest or make desirable changes and corrections; review: as, to
revise a proofsheet; to revise a translation of the Bible; specifically, in printing, to compare (a new proofsheet of corrected composition) with its previously marked proof, to see that all marked errors have been corrected. - To amend; bring into conformity with present needs and circumstances; reform, especially by public or official action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To look at again for the detection of errors; to reëxamine; to review; to look over with care for correction
- transitive verb (Print.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.
- transitive verb To review, alter, and amend
- transitive verb a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under
Authorized . - noun A review; a revision.
- noun (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To look at again, to reflect on.
- verb To
review ,alter andamend , especially of written material. - verb UK, Australia, New Zealand To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an
examination . - noun A
review or arevision . - noun printing A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
- verb make revisions in
- noun the act of rewriting something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This has happened to me, and often the revise is better than – at least as good as – the original.
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At the same time, his use of the word "revise" - rather than something more unequivocal - appeared to leave the door open for further bargaining on missile defense.
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Now, Terry has done a complete revise, which is not only up-to-the minute, but more complete than the original.
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Now, Terry has done a complete revise, which is not only up-to-the minute, but more complete than the original.
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Now, Terry has done a complete revise, which is not only up-to-the minute, but more complete than the original.
Petzal Reviews the Second Edition of Terry Wieland's "Dangerous-Game Rifles" 2010
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And when I say "revise," what I actually mean is "rewrite from scratch."
i smoke my friends down to the filter buymeaclue 2009
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Any artist can touch up and "revise" one part of their work for an eon instead of tackling something knew.
We're All Unique. Except Me. Ulysses 2009
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Since, of course, Congress afforded also these loan shark banks whichprimarily wrotemost of those loanswithFannie Mae and Freddie Mac to not only rebundle and resell them to foreign investors, but also to actually sell the loans to other mortgage companies and "revise" them during the life of the loan with simply a "disclosure" as the only citizen protection for then those nonconsensual added clauses and riders.
State Politicos Capitalizing On Mortgage Crisis For Career Development 2009
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The Clinton Center has written (and reportedly succeeded) to pressure and influence (intimidate) ABC to "revise" the series.
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Instead, union managers will be able to file decades-old, less enlightening disclosure forms while the department considers whether to "revise" (i.e., gut) the current disclosure requirements.
Obama Tries to Stop Union Disclosure Elaine L. Chao 2009
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