reviseverb
uk/rɪˈvaɪz/us/rɪˈvaɪz/revise verb (CHANGE)
B2 [ T ] to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct or improve it:
His helpfulness today has made me revise my original opinion/impression of him.
His publishers made him revise his manuscript three times.
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- Casualty figures were revised downwards after the war had ended.
- Conceivably, supporters of the law could filibuster to prevent it from being revised.
- The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to inflation.
- The mechanism for collecting taxes needs revising.
- He was asked to revise his proposal before submitting it again.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- sort sth/sb out
- troubleshooting
- tune
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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Editing & compiling
revise verb (STUDY)
B1 [ I or T ] UK US review to study again something you have already learned, in preparation for an exam:
We're revising (algebra) for the test tomorrow.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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