# revise

Pronunciation: say "ri-VYZ" US/UK /ɹɪˈvaɪz/, AUS /ɹɪˈvɑez/

## Verb

1. To review written material and alter or amend it to correct or improve it.
   - Simple: To look over a piece of writing and change it to make it better.
   - _We revise the contract whenever the regulations change._
   - _After the committee's feedback, she revised the entire report._
2. To go back over material already written or learned, especially when preparing for an exam. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: To study something again before a test or exam.
   - _Students revise for their A-levels throughout the spring term._
   - _He spent the whole evening revising his history notes._

## Noun

3. An act of reviewing or revising something already produced.
   - Simple: A check or change made to something that was already done.
   - _The editor requested a thorough revise of the opening section._
   - _After a quick revise, the proposal read far more clearly._
4. A proof sheet pulled after the first one, incorporating the corrections marked on an earlier proof.
   - Simple: A printer's proof made after the first round of corrections.
   - _The compositor pulled a revise once the first round of corrections had been entered._
   - _Each revise was compared against the marked-up galley before printing._

## Verb

5. To look at something again and reflect on it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To look at something again and think it over.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, formed from re- ("again") plus vīsō ("examine"), a frequentative of videō ("see").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/revise (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).