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US
/ɹiˈvɪʒən/
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[ UK /ɹɪvˈɪʒən/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪvˈɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
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the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
it would require a drastic revision of his opinion -
something that has been written again
the rewrite was much better - the act of rewriting something
How To Use revision In A Sentence
- This site offers many resources for students revising for their A level exams, including revision notes and questions, help and advice.
- I am deeply indebted to Henry Rosemont, who gave a great deal of assistance in the final revisions of the manuscript.
- For both conservatives and revisionists, revolutionary violence cannot be blamed on the revolution's opponents.
- As to the charge of ‘pseudo-intellectual revisionism’ I don't think this means much of anything beyond polysyllabic name-calling.
- Statistical revision is the wild card in that most inexact pack of jokers known as economics.
- Phylogeny, cytology, ethnobotany, conservation biology, and infraspecific taxa are all reasons why a revision of the North American species of Apios was needed.
- The book went through several revisions before the publisher was finally satisfied with it.
- The second, ‘Of the Passions', was a condensation and revision of the second book of the Treatise.
- The California's Supreme Court (in a 7-0 decision written by the justice who authored the marriage decision) has already unanimously determined pre-election review is not precluded when the challenge is based upon a claimthat the initiative may not properly be submitted to the voters becauseit amounts to a constitutional revision rather than an amendment. California's "Proposition 8 - Limit on Marriage Initiative" Should Be Removed From The Ballot
- The further revision and preparation that the letters have undergone is shortly this. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54