Meaning & use
revised
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Changed after careful review so as to be more accurate, clearer or up to date.
Grammar: Usually sits before a noun: a revised edition, a revised plan.
Patterns
- a revised version of something
- revised edition
The publisher released a revised edition with new chapters.
Here is the revised schedule for next week.
Please read the revised guidelines before submitting your essay.
verbtransitive or intransitiveBritish
Past tense and past participle of revise: changed something after review, or studied again before an exam.
Grammar: In British English revise can mean to study for a test: she revised all weekend.
Patterns
- revised something
- revised for something
She revised the contract after the lawyer's comments.
He revised for his exams all weekend.
The board revised its forecast upward.
Word forms
| base form | revise |
|---|---|
| third person singular | revises |
| -ing form | revising |
Common combinations
- revised edition
- The revised edition fixes several errors.
- revised version
- A revised version of the report was published.
- revised estimate
- The revised estimate is lower than before.
- revised plan
- The revised plan includes a bigger budget.
- revised draft
- Send me the revised draft by Thursday.
- revised figures
- Revised figures show higher unemployment.
Synonyms and how they differ
- amended
- Amended is used mostly for formal documents such as laws or contracts, while revised suits any written work.
- updated
- Updated stresses bringing something up to date, while revised stresses changes made after careful checking.
- edited
- Edited refers to correcting text, but revised can include structural or content changes.
- corrected
- Corrected suggests fixing mistakes only, whereas revised may add improvements.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: revised or revisited? revised or reversed?
revised vs revisited
Revisited means visited or considered again, while revised means changed.
revised vs reversed
Reversed means turned the opposite way, not simply corrected.
Practice
The author sent the publisher a ___ manuscript with all the corrections included.
Choose one answer.
Revised describes a text that has been changed after review. Reviewed would mean only looked at, and reversed or retired do not fit a manuscript.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “revised”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.