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revision^¹

/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ UK
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] UK
/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ US
[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] US
/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ US
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] US
/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ Canada
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] Canada
/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ Australia
[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] Australia

Rhymes with -ɪʒən

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Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.

noun revisions

countable, uncountable The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending. Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable 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!
Similar: review
countable A changed edition, or new version; a modification. 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.
countable A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author. A revision story

revision^²

/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ UK
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] UK
/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ US
[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] US
/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ US
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] US
/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ Canada
[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] Canada
/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ Australia
[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] Australia

Rhymes with -ɪʒən

verb revisions · revisioning · revisioned

To provide with a new vision. What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: revisal, revise, rewrite, alteration, rescript, review, reviewing, redesign, restatement, reviser, restructuring, rewriting, redefinition, reshaping, audit, reappraisal

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noun act of revising

Español	revisión, corrección
한국어	복습 bokseup
日本語	復習 fukushū
中文	復習 /复习 fùxí
हिन्दी	पुनरीक्षण punrīkṣaṇ, पुनर्विचार punarvicār
Português	revisão
Français	révision
Deutsch	Wiederholung, Überarbeitung
Italiano	revisione
Ελληνικά	αναθεώρηση anatheórisi
Русский	повторе́ние povtorénije, пересмо́тр peresmótr, реви́зия revízija
العربية	مُرَاجَعَة murājaʕa

noun changed edition

Español	revisión, edición
हिन्दी	संशोधन sañśodhan
Português	revisão
Français	modification
Ελληνικά	αναθεώρηση anatheórisi, διασκευή diaskeví
Русский	перерабо́тка pererabótka, исправле́ние ispravlénije, пересмо́тренное изда́ние peresmótrennoje izdánije
Tiếng Việt	tái bản
العربية	تَنْقِيح tanqīḥ

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@misc{revision_2026,
  title = {revision},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/revision},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}