revise

  • 11revise — ► VERB 1) examine and improve or amend (text). 2) reconsider and alter (an opinion or judgement). 3) Brit. reread work done previously in order to prepare for an examination. ► NOUN Printing ▪ a proof including corrections made in an earlier… …

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  • 12revise — [[t]rɪva͟ɪz[/t]] revises, revising, revised 1) VERB If you revise the way you think about something, you adjust your thoughts, usually in order to make them better or more suited to how things are. [V n] With time he fairly soon came to revise… …

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  • 13revise — 01. We ve had to [revise] our vacation plans because my sister s family has decided to join us. 02. I [revised] my opinion of our new boss after I saw him deal quite well with a personnel conflict in our office. 03. The company had to [revise]… …

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  • 14revise */ — UK [rɪˈvaɪz] / US verb Word forms revise : present tense I/you/we/they revise he/she/it revises present participle revising past tense revised past participle revised 1) a) [transitive] to change your opinion or judgment of someone or something… …

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  • 15revise — re|vise [rıˈvaız] v [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: réviser, from Latin revisere to look at again ] 1.) [T] to change something because of new information or ideas ▪ The college has revised its plans because of local objections. ▪ We have… …

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  • 16revise — [c]/rəˈvaɪz / (say ruh vuyz) verb (revised, revising) –verb (t) 1. to amend or alter: to revise one s opinion. 2. to alter after one or more drafts or editions: to revise a manuscript; to revise a book. 3. to go over (a subject, book, etc.) again …

  • 17revise — I. noun Date: 1591 1. an act of revising ; revision 2. a printing proof that incorporates changes marked in a previous proof II. verb (revised; revising) Etymology: Middle French reviser, from Latin revisere to look at again, frequentative …

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  • 18revise — revisable, revisible, adj. revisability, n. reviser, revisor, n. /ri vuyz /, v., revised, revising, n. v.t. 1. to amend or alter: to revise one s opinion. 2. to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or …

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  • 19revise — verb ADVERB ▪ drastically, extensively, heavily, radically, substantially ▪ The text has been radically revised. ▪ completely, fully …

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  • 20revise — re•vise [[t]rɪˈvaɪz[/t]] v. vised, vis•ing, n. 1) to amend or alter: to revise an opinion[/ex] 2) cvb to alter (something written or printed), in order to correct, improve, or update: to revise a manuscript[/ex] 3) an act of revising 4) a revised …

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