revision

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable or uncountable

   A change or set of changes that improves, corrects, or updates something.

   Grammar: Use a revision for one change; use revision for the general process: needs revision.

   Patterns

   • a revision to something
   • make revisions
   • undergo revision

   The report needs one final revision before publication.

   She made several revisions to the first paragraph.

   The policy is under revision after public feedback.

2. 2noununcountableBritish

   The activity of studying material again before an examination.

   Grammar: No plural in this sense; common in British English: do some revision.

   Patterns

   • do revision
   • revision for an exam
   • revision notes

   I have to do revision all weekend for Monday's biology test.

   Her revision notes were clear and well organized.

Word forms

Common combinations

major revision

The essay required a major revision, not just proofreading.

revision timetable

He made a revision timetable to cover every subject.

make revisions to a draft

The editor asked me to make revisions to the draft.

revision notes

She lent me her revision notes before the exam.

Synonyms and how they differ

amendment

A formal change to a law, document, or plan; revision is broader and can be large or small.

edit

Usually refers to improving text by changing wording, while revision can include restructuring.

review

Can mean examining something carefully; as a change it is less specific than revision.

modification

Often a smaller technical alteration, whereas revision may be substantial.

Opposites

Word family

revise verb

To change or improve something; in British English also to study for an exam.

revisionist adjective

Reinterpreting accepted history or policy, often critically.

Commonly confused: revision or review?

Practice

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