revise
UK/ɹɪˈvaɪz/
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Australia/ɹɪˈvɑez/
revise verb: to review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
Verb
revise (third-person singular simple present revises, present participle revising, simple past and past participle revised)
- To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
- This statute should be revised.
- 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.1951, Maulana Muhammad Ali, Preface to the Revised Edition: The Holy Quran: English Translation and Commentary, published 2011, unnumbered page
- Synonyms:
- overhaul
- To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- I've only just begun to revise for my exams.
- 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.1957, Clifford Thomas Morgan, James Deese, How to Study, McGraw-Hill, page 16
- Synonyms:
- review
- To look at again, to reflect on.
Noun
revise (plural revises)
- A review or a revision.
- A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
- The question is, not whether the revises of the Catalogue, which I was obliged to circulate prematurely, were faultless, but whether the alterations which I was desired to make would not render them worse.1837, Anthony Panizzi, A letter to His Royal Highness the President of the Royal Society, on the New Catalogue of the Library of that Institution Now in the Press, page 30
- Looking back at the revises of Bullhampton it seems to me that the printers have fallen into some error as to the numbering of Chapters XXXIV—XXXV—XXXVI—which should have been XXXV—XXXVI— and XXXVII.1869 August 16, Anthony Trollope, letter to W. H. Bradbury, 1983, N. John Hall (editor), The Letters of Anthony Trollope, Volume 1: 1835-1870, page 479
revise meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
revise in Tamil
- திருத்தி அமை, உயிரூட்டு
revise in Urdu
- نظر ثانی کرنا
revise in Bengali
- সংশোধন করা, পর্যালোচনা করা
revise in Malayalam
- revise; reform
- പരിഷ്കരണം pariṣkaraṇaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- revise in Kannada
- ತಿದ್ದು, ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸು, ಸರಿಪಡಿಸು, ಸುಧಾರಿಸು
- revise in Persian
- تجدید نظر کردن tajdid-e nazar kardan
- revise in Vietnamese
- ôn, ôn tập
Examples of revise in a sentence
- 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.
- Then they revise and revise until they think their readers will think so too.2008, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams., The Craft of Research, 3rd edition, University of Chicago Press, page 203:
- […]until I had corrected the proofs of the novel and seen the revises, so that the text was irrevocably fixed, before beginning the screenplay.1997, David Lodge, The Practice of Writing, published 2011, page 219:
Synonyms of revise
Forms of revise
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | revises |
| present participle | revising |
| past participle | revised |
| past | revised |
| Noun | |
| plural | revises |
Origin of revise
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).
Words formed from revise
Words that rhyme with revise
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
- i's
Questions about revise
- What does revise mean?
- Revise means to review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
- What is revise in Tamil?
- Revise in Tamil is திருத்தி அமை, உயிரூட்டு. See Revise meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use revise in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is revise?
- Revise can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce revise?
- Revise is pronounced /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of revise?
- The past tense of revise is revised.
Words near revise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: revise (page history and authors); revise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പരിഷ്കരണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); revise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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