revise
/ɹɪˈvaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
verb
To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage
noun
A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: réviser, revīsō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
- British English: /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- Obsolete