transitive to change your opinion or judgment of someone or something
Synonyms and related words
To change your opinion, attitudes or behaviour
change your mind
see reason/sense
adapt
1a
to state a new amount after changing your opinion or judgment
These figures have now been revised.
Cutbacks on investment have led to growthpredictions being reviseddownwards.
Synonyms and related words
To change your opinion, attitudes or behaviour
change your mind
see reason/sense
adapt
2
transitive to change, improve, or make additions to something such as a book, law, or piece of writing
The text has been revised and published in a newedition.
a reviseddraft of the treaty
Synonyms and related words
Creating, amending and abolishing laws
abolish
abrogate
amend
3
transitive to change the way that you do something
If you want my advice, you should revise your securityarrangements.
Synonyms and related words
To change something
change
make into
convert
4
intransitive/transitive educationBritishto read and learn information that you have studied in order to prepare for an examination. The American word is review
Have you revised the work we did last term?
revise for:
I have to revise for my Spanish testtomorrow.
Synonyms and related words
To study, or to study hard
study
learn
train
revise
verb
US /rɪˈvaɪz/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
revise
he/she/it
revises
present participle
revising
past tense
revised
past participle
revised
DEFINITIONS4
1
transitive to change your opinion or judgment of someone or something
Synonyms and related words
To change your opinion, attitudes or behavior
change your mind
see reason/sense
adapt
1a
to state a new amount after changing your opinion or judgment
These figures have now been revised.
Cutbacks on investment have led to growthpredictions being reviseddownward.
Synonyms and related words
To change your opinion, attitudes or behavior
change your mind
see reason/sense
adapt
2
transitive to change, improve, or make additions to something such as a book, law, or piece of writing
The text has been revised and published in a newedition.
a reviseddraft of the treaty
Synonyms and related words
Creating, amending and abolishing laws
abolish
abrogate
amend
3
transitive to change the way that you do something
If you want my advice, you should revise your securityarrangements.