revision en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] (US)
- audio Queensland
- /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ (Canada)
- [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (UK)
- rĭvĭzh'ən (US)
- [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (US)
- [ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] (Australia)
- [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (Canada)
- /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ (UK)
- /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ (Australia)
- /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ (US)
- /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ (US)
- rəvĭzh'ən (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of revising: ▸ The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
2004, Mara Kalnins (editor), Note on the Text, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, page xxxix, The full history of its composition, revision, transmission, and publication is a complex and intricate one beyond the necessarily limited scope of this Note, […] .
Many formalisms for belief revision use extraneous mechanisms for deciding what beliefs to keep and this makes it harder to iterate the process.
2010, Dov M. Gabbay, Franz Guenthner, editors, Handbook of Philosophical Logic, volume 16, page 37:Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
2002, James D. Lester; James D. Lester, Jr, Writing Research Papers, page 195:
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable) The process of revising: ▸ The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!
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(countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
2008, World Bank, page 209, Previous editions of World Development Indicators used revision 2, first published in 1948. Revision 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data.
Include the revision number. You may need to add a triangle and number, shown in Figure 9-6, to indicate the revision number.
2012, Bill Fane, David Byrnes, AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies, page 189:1992, Helen Baron, Carl Baron (editors), Introduction, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H, Lawrence: Sons and Lovers, Part 1, 2002 paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, page lxxx, However, it is evident in a minority of cases that a revision by Lawrence is prompted solely by the need to remedy some local effect caused by Garnett′s deletion, and there, clearly, Lawrence′s MS text is, in principle, to be preferred.
The first thing members need to understand about a revision is that the current bylaws are not under consideration at all. If the revision is defeated, no changes to the current bylaws take place.
2004, Robert McConnell Productions, Henry M. Robert, Robert′s Rules of Order: Simplified and Applied, page 331:
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(countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.
A revision story
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| revisions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
revision cloud · revisional · nonrevision · revision week · prerevision
Relateds
revisionist · revisal · revise · review · revisionary
Synonyms
review (New Zealand: reviewing something previously learned)
Translations (54)
ru реви́зия (act of revising) · ca revisió (act of revising) · bg повторе́ние (act of revising) · ar تَنْقِيح (changed edition) · pt revisão (act of revising) · id revisi (act of revising) · es edición (changed edition) · tl mulinyos (act of revising) · ja 復習 (act of revising) · el διασκευή (changed edition) · cs revize (changed edition) · cmn 復習 /复习 (act of revising) · vi tái bản (changed edition) · ru пересмо́тренное изда́ние (changed edition) · mi huritaotanga (act of revising) · cs revize (act of revising) · kw amendyans (act of revising) · tl mulinyos (changed edition) · ru пересмо́тр (act of revising) · es revisión (act of revising) · bg прера́ботено изда́ние (changed edition) · de Wiederholung (act of revising) · el αναθεώρηση (act of revising) · es revisión (changed edition) · id pendaan (act of revising) · id pendaan (changed edition) · ga athdhéanamh (act of revising) · ru перерабо́тка (changed edition) · gd ath-sgrùdadh (act of revising) · ru исправле́ние (changed edition) · fr modification (changed edition) · pt revisão (changed edition) · hi पुनरीक्षण (act of revising) · fr révision (act of revising) · ca revisió (changed edition) · fi tarkastus (act of revising) · fi tarkistus (act of revising) · nl herziening (act of revising) · ko 복습 (act of revising) · nl herziening (changed edition) · uk повто́рення (act of revising) · ru повторе́ние (act of revising) · gd sùil air ais (act of revising) · de Überarbeitung (act of revising) · it revisione (act of revising) · el αναθεώρηση (changed edition) · ar مُرَاجَعَة (act of revising) · kw amendyans (changed edition) · hi संशोधन (changed edition) · bg пре́глед (act of revising) · hi पुनर्विचार (act of revising) · bg реви́зия (act of revising) · id revisi (changed edition) · es corrección (act of revising)