revise

Speech parts

1. revise - Noun

2. revise - Verb

Meaning

To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

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.

To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

A review; a revision.

A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

review polish rescript change improve correct revision alter modify adjust rewrite amend overhaul refine reconsider
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Antonyms

lower allow prevent reduce damage break
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Hypernyms

rewrite reorganize rewriting revising reorganise shake up

Hyponyms

amend

Derivatives

revised revising

Anagrams

Rieves Sevier siever

Examples

It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. Nancy Thayer

In this day and age, we need to revise the old saying to read, "Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned." Milton Friedman

Only in your imagination can you revise. Fay Wray

I saw a Divine Being. I'm afraid I'm going to have to revise all my various books and opinions. Alfred Jules Ayer

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing. Anthony Bourdain

Science simply forces us to revise what is sensible to accommodate the universe, rather than vice versa. Lawrence M. Krauss

Close letter words and terms

revisability revisable revisal revised revised form Revised Romanization of Korean