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revise English

Meaning revise meaning

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revise Verb

— When someone revises a book, a writing or something they said, it means they change it (edit it) so that it says something a little different from what it said before. He revised the book to have information from this year in it. She revised what she said so that she was not saying something bad about him. — If someone revises, they study something again to prepare for a test. I can't go out 'cause I have to revise for my A-levels.

revise

— verb make revisions in revise a thesis — verb (= retool) revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving We must retool the town's economy — noun (= revision) the act of rewriting something

Synonyms revise synonyms

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revise English » English

correct review edit rewrite amend change alter improve revision rectify modify emend refine examine check adjust vituperate verify update study revisal revamp retouch retool restore rescript repeat reform redraft inspect go over corrected amendment work vilify vary twit transmute touch up till taunt substitute spruce up sort out solve shift see again scarify return resee

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Conjugation revise conjugation

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revise · verb

Examples revise examples

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Simple sentences

In the light of these facts, it may be necessary to revise our theory.
In the light of what you told us, I think we should revise our plan.
You'd better revise history for the exam.

Movie subtitles

I revise my estimate.
I'd urge we revise the organization of the working parties.
Oh, we might have to revise the system of interrogation a little.
Visit me when I'm not writing your brother's column and I'll revise that delicate outlook of life.
You must revise your diagnosis.
I suggest you revise the terms of your contract, Mr. Bond.
I asked you to let me revise the senatorial roll - who should be left on and who taken off. Was I efficient?.
I asked you to let me revise the senatorial roll - who should be left on and who taken off.
Help me to revise.
I need to revise.
I would like to revise the pilotage if you don't mind.
The revise list to candidates for the requested order.
And revise your lessons well.
There's still time to revise the orders, Your Majesty.
To revise his basic directive, he must draw out the cable at the base of my articulating unit and connect himself.
I must revise my estimate of America, young man.
This unexpected conclusion led me to seriously revise my thinking.
We've also received word that the United Nations would like to revise its decision of November 29 granting us independence.
I'm going to have to revise the schedule.
Well, maybe you could revise your report and add something about animal rapport with other animals.
Revise it.
Well, I guess I'll have to revise my laundry schedule.
If we want to get the most out of our stay within these walls, we must revise part of our rules.
You may even lead me to revise my whole attitude toward the NYA students.
Seeing you here causes me to revise my opinion of you.
We decided to revise our attitude to Lieutenant Zak.
Sir is too young for a girlfriend and must revise for his Bac.
My exam's tomorrow, and I have to revise everything.
Revise these accounts.
You're making me revise my opinion of the fbi.
We had to revise the crew rotations again.

News and current affairs

As a result, the DPJ has announced plans to revoke the LDP's guidelines for a ceiling on budget requests so as to formulate its own budget from scratch. It will also revise the supplementary budget as well.
Negotiations are underway to revise a draft EU constitution.
It is impossible to change radically the way scholars and research workers are appointed in most member states, and to revise completely the criteria for funding of faculties and laboratories.
It would also have to reconstitute the International Monetary Fund to reflect better the prevailing pecking order among states and to revise its methods of operation.
This situation is forcing the Japanese government to reconsider its postwar pacifism, revise its defense strategy, and increase its military spending.
In 2003, having seen that its tax cuts for the rich had failed to stimulate the economy as promised, the administration refused to revise its strategies, but instead just prescribed more of the same medicine.
The television industry is not alone in failing to question and revise its traditional models, methods, and operations.
This insight should lead us not to abandon the concept of open society, but to revise and reaffirm the case for it.
The Pact is already knocking Germany into recession, and Italy's government is struggling to revise its growth forecasts fast enough to keep up with falling output.
His lifelong quest was to revise the pacifist Japanese constitution, written by the Americans just after the war, and turn Japan into a proud military power once more.
In fact, what appears to be driving Abe's endeavors even more than the desire to revise the postwar order in Japan is a widely shared fear of China's increasing regional dominance.
In their efforts to revise the historical record, they are not really thinking of Koreans or Chinese, but of political adversaries at home.
Amendments require a two-thirds majority in both chambers of the Diet, and a majority in a popular referendum, making Japan's constitution one of the world's most difficult to revise.
Unfortunately, it is increasingly clear that some peripheral EU members and many of the new members intend to revise the draft treaty, which they fear goes too far toward political integration.
All nations must work together to revise our models for international cooperation in a way that incorporates the global shift in economic power.
Likewise, it must be made clear that the EU will not revise the UK's terms of membership at the cost of further progress on urgently needed reforms.
For European bankers, and some governments, current efforts by the US to revise its approach to the operation of foreign bank subsidiaries within its territory highlight that imperative.
After all, a Japan that is isolated in Asia will be even more dependent on the US, the wartime victor, which Abe and his nationalist allies hold responsible for the postwar order that they seek to revise.
Russia considers the agreements from the 1990's unjust, based as they were on its weakness at the time, and it wants to revise them.
The law of unintended consequences dictates that this effort to deny ambiguity to Taiwanese activists could backfire, and instead leave mainland leaders without room to maneuver if Taiwan does attempt to revise the status quo.
Japan's government and National Security Council plan to revise the country's National Defense Program Outline (NDPO) by the end of this year.

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