English Explanatory Dictionary

revision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of revising:
  2. The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
  3. The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
  4. A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
  5. A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.
verb
  1. To provide with a new vision.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] rəvĭzh'ən rĭvĭzh'ən /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ [ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] en-au-revision.ogg

Word forms

revision revisions revisioning revisioned

Etymology

Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.

Synonyms

review

Related words

review revisal revise revisionary revisionist

Derived words

nonrevision prerevision revisional revision cloud revision week

Translations

Arabic: مُرَاجَعَة Bulgarian: пре́глед Bulgarian: повторе́ние Bulgarian: реви́зия Catalan: revisió Chinese Mandarin: 復習 /复习 Cornish: amendyans Czech: revize Dutch: herziening Finnish: tarkastus Finnish: tarkistus French: révision German: Wiederholung German: Überarbeitung Greek: αναθεώρηση Hindi: पुनरीक्षण Indonesian: revisi Indonesian: pendaan Irish: athdhéanamh Italian: revisione Japanese: 復習 Korean: 복습 Māori: huritaotanga Portuguese: revisão Russian: повторе́ние Russian: пересмо́тр Russian: реви́зия Scottish Gaelic: sùil air ais Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrùdadh Spanish: revisión Spanish: corrección Tagalog: mulinyos Ukrainian: повто́рення
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