revises

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of revise.

   He revises his lecture notes each semester to keep them current.

   The agency revises its forecast whenever fresh data arrives.

   Note

   The spelling is regular here: the final silent e of revise simply takes -s, with nothing dropped or doubled. One meaning depends on region. In British, Australian and New Zealand English, someone who revises may be going over notes before an exam, as in she revises every evening before her finals. Elsewhere, the verb means reviewing and amending a text, especially something written.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of revise.

   The proofreader compared the latest revises against the original galleys.

   Several revises were needed before the pages went to press.

   Note

   A printer's plural first of all: revises are the proof sheets pulled after corrections have been made, each one checked against the sheet before it. The noun can also mean a plain review or revision, so context decides which is meant. It is spelled exactly like the present-tense verb, and its position tells them apart: a noun follows an article or a number (two revises), while the verb follows its subject.

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