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revise — [[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… … English dictionary
revise */ — 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… … English dictionary
revise — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
revise — re‧vise [rɪˈvaɪz] verb [transitive] 1. to change a plan or your figures for something because of new information: • He has already revised the plan to please shareholders. • It hasrevised downward its group sales forecast. • a revised estimate of … Financial and business terms
Revise — Re*vise , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revising}.] [F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see again; pref. re re + videre, visum, to see. See {Review}, {View}.] 1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to re[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
revise — [ri vīz′] vt. revised, revising [Fr reviser < L revisere < re , back + visere, to survey, freq. of videre, to see: see VISION] 1. to read over carefully and correct, improve, or update where necessary [to revise a manuscript, a revised… … English World dictionary
revise — ► 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… … English terms dictionary
revise — 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]… … Grammatical examples in English
revise — verb ADVERB ▪ drastically, extensively, heavily, radically, substantially ▪ The text has been radically revised. ▪ completely, fully … Collocations dictionary
revise — 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 … Universalium
