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revise
- /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ UK
- /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɹəˈvaɪz/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɹɪˈvɑez/ Australia
- /ɹəˈvɑez/ Australia
- /ɹəˈvaɪ̯z/ New Zealand
- [ɹəˈvɑe̯z] New Zealand
Rhymes with -aɪz
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).
verb revises · revising · revised
- To review, alter and amend, especially of written material. This statute should be revised.
- To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination. I've only just begun to revise for my exams.
- To look at again, to reflect on.
noun revises
- A review or a revision.
- A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. The question is, not whether the revises of the Catalogue, which I was obliged to circulate prematurely, were faultless, but whether the alterations which I was desired to make would not render them worse.
